The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is one of the largest in Africa,consisting of about 15,000 personnel and aircraft including eight Chinese Chengdu F-7s,12 Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets,three JF-17 Thunder Block II and 12 Super Tucano aircraft,24 M-346 FAs on order,Helicopter gunships,armed attack drones,and military transport aircraft.
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is one of the three primary commissioning sources for officers in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force,the other two being the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) and Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). A subordinate command of the Air University within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC),AFROTC is aligned under the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development at Maxwell AFB,Alabama. The Holm Center,formerly known as the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools (AFOATS),retains direct responsibility for both AFROTC and OTS.
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.
Jonah Domfa Wuyep is a former Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force. As an air force pilot,he primarily flew the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force military 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.
Air Marshal Sir Alister Murray Murdoch,was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1965 to 1969. Joining the Air Force in 1930,Murdoch trained as a seaplane pilot and participated in an Antarctic rescue mission for lost explorers in 1935. During World War II,he commanded No. 221 Squadron RAF in Europe and the Middle East,and later occupied senior positions on the staff of RAAF formations in the South West Pacific. His post-war appointments included Commandant of RAAF College from 1952 to 1953,Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Training Command from 1953 to 1955,Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1958 to 1959,and AOC Operational Command from 1962 to 1965.
Air Vice Marshal P.B. Premachandra is a highly decorated senior Sri Lankan Air Force officer,who served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo is a retired group captain in the Nigerian Air Force and a former military governor of Kwara State,Nigeria,under Muhammadu Buhari's military government.
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.
Emmanuel E Ikwue was Nigerian Air Force's Chief of the Air Staff from 1969 to 1975. Brigadier Ikwue was the fifth Commander of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF),the third indigenous to hold the post. Appointed in December 1969,he was the first to hold the office designated as the Chief of Air Staff,Nigerian Air Force.
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.
Air Vice Marshal Frank Headlam,was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born and educated in Tasmania,he joined the RAAF as an air cadet in January 1934. He specialised in flying instruction and navigation before the outbreak of World War II. In April 1941,he became commanding officer of No. 2 Squadron,which operated Lockheed Hudsons. The squadron was deployed to Dutch Timor in December,and saw action against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific. After returning to Australia in February 1942,Headlam held staff appointments and training commands,finishing the war a group captain.
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.
Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen,PVSM,AVSM,VM,ADC was the Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force from 31 December 1995 till 31 December 1998.
Adesola Nunayon AmosuDSSM DSS fwc psc is a retired air marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 19th Chief of Air Staff.
Sadique Baba AbubakarDFS GSS psc(+) fwc fdc(+) MSc is a retired air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force and former Chief of Air Staff. He served as Chief of Air Staff from 12 July 2015 to 26 January 2021.
Al-Amin Musa Daggash is a retired Air Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 7th Chief of the Nigerian Defence Staff from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime.
Air Marshal Sudarshana Karagoda Pathirana psc,is a senior Sri Lankan Air Force Officer. He is the current Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Born on 30 December 1965,Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana is an alumni of Dharmaraja College,Kandy.
Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo AmaoDFS GSS RBS GSM QFI psc fndu MSc MMSc is a Nigerian air marshal,who is the Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) appointed on 26 January 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Edward Gabkwet is a Nigerian Air Commodore and the 17th spokesperson of the Nigerian Airforce. He was appointed in March 2021 by the Nigerian Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Isiaka Oladayo Amao.
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