The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The forces consist of three service branches:the Nigerian Army,Nigerian Navy,and Nigerian Air Force. The President of Nigeria functions as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces,exercising his constitutional authority through the Ministry of Defence,which is responsible for the management of the military and its personnel. The operational head of the AFN is the Chief of Defence Staff,who is subordinate to the Nigerian Defence Minister. With a force of more than 230,000 active personnel,the Nigerian military is one of the largest uniformed combat services in Africa. According to Global Firepower,the Nigerian Armed Forces are the fourth-most powerful military in Africa,and ranked 35th on its list,internationally.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces,established four years after the nation became independent. As at 2021,the air force is one of the largest in Africa,consisting of over 18,000 personnel. Some of its popular aircraft include the Chengdu F-7s,Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets,JF-17 Thunder Block II,T129 Atak,Agusta Westland 109,Eurocopter EC135 and Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano.
Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert Miller was a Canadian airman,the last Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in 1964,the first chief of the Defence Staff from 1964 until 1966,and deputy minister of National Defence. He held a range of Air Force training appointments during World War II.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy,Baron Elworthy,was a New Zealand-born senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as commander of a squadron of Blenheim bombers and then as a station commander during the Second World War. He became Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1960s and implemented the cancellation of the TSR-2 strike aircraft and the HS681 military transport aircraft programmes. He also became Chief of the Defence Staff in which role he oversaw the evacuation from Aden in November 1967 and had to respond to the growing crisis in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s.
Paul DikeMSS DSS fwc is a retired air chief marshal of the Nigerian Air Force,who was the Chief of the Air Staff from 2006 to 2008. In August 2008,he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff. Prior to his appointment as Chief of the Air Staff,Dike was Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command. Appointed Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet in 1997 by military dictator General Sani Abacha,he was appointed Chief of Air Staff by General Olusegun Obasanjo's civilian government in 2006.
Femi John Femi is the first qualified helicopter pilot to be appointed as the Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force.
The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to become commissioned officers. The College also provides initial training to aircrew cadets and is responsible for all RAF recruiting along with officer and aircrew selection. Originally established as a naval aviation training centre during World War I,the College was established as the world's first air academy in 1919. During World War II,the College was closed and its facilities were used as a flying training school. Reopening after the War,the College absorbed the Royal Air Force Technical College in 1966.
The Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) is composed of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Australia,the Australian Defence Force (ADF),and the Australian Public Service government department,the Department of Defence which is composed of a range of civilian support organisations.
Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo was a group captain in the Nigerian Air Force and a military governor of Kwara State,Nigeria,under Muhammadu Buhari's military government.
Group Captain Joshua Obademi was Administrator of Benue State,Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa was an air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force. He previously served as Military administrator of Kaduna State and Chief of Air Staff for the Nigerian Air Force. He died on 16 March 2000.
John Nmadu Yisa-Doko,GCON,CFR was the first Nigerian Air Force's Chief of the Air Staff from 1975 to 1980 who joined as a NAF cadet.
Alex Sabundu BadehMSS DSS was an officer of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 18th Chief of Air Staff and the 15th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria. He died from gunshot injuries sustained after his vehicle was attacked by unknown gunmen along Abuja-Keffi road on Tuesday,18 December 2018.
Adesola Nunayon AmosuDSSM DSS fwc psc is a retired air marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 19th Chief of the Air Staff of Nigeria.
Sadique Baba Abubakarpsc (+) DFS GSS fwc fdc(+) MSc is a retired air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force and former Chief of the Air Staff of Nigeria.
Al-Amin Musa Daggash is a retired Air Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 7th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime.
Nsikak-Abasi Essien Eduok was the Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force between 1996 and 1999.
Isiaka Oladayo Amaopsc DFS GSS RBS GSM QFI fndu MSc MMSc is a retired Nigerian air marshal and a former Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) appointed on 26 January 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar is a Nigerian air marshal who currently serves as the Chief of the Air Staff of Nigeria,appointed by President Bola Tinubu on 19 June 2023,succeeding Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao.
Saliu Atawodi,Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR),is a retired Air Vice Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force. Atawodi served as the chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Security and Safety (PICOMSS) from its inception until its dissolution.The Federal Government disbanded PICOMSS following its refusal to merge with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),leading to a jurisdictional conflict over control of the nation's waterways.
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