Lebed was born in the city of Valga, Estonia. He joined the Soviet Armed Forces in 1981 starting his military service in Soviet Airborne Troops (). He first trained in the 44th Airborne Division in Gaižiūnai in the Lithuanian SSR and later served in the 57th Independent Air Assault Brigade in Taldykorgan in the Kazakh SSR. Opting for a career change, he entered the Lomonosov Military Aviation Technical School graduating as a flight engineer in 1986. He served on combat operations in Afghanistan in 1986-87 as an aircrew member in a helicopter regiment.
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