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 over 18,000 personnel as at 2021and aircraft including 9 Chengdu F-7s,12 Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets,three JF-17 Thunder Block II and 12 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano aircraft,24 Ameracchi M-346 FAs on order,attack helicopters,armed attack drones,and military transport aircraft.
Bruno Loerzer was a German air force officer during World War I and World War II. Credited with 44 aerial victories during World War I,he was one of Germany's leading flying aces,as well as commander of one of the first Imperial German Air Service Jagdeschwaders.
Günther Korten was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.
Ross Thomas Dwyer was a United States Marine Corps major general who retired in 1974 after over 32 years of service. MajGen Dwyer served in combat in World War II,the Korean War,and in the Vietnam War. His commands included the 5th Marine Division and the 1st Marine Division.
Femi John Femi is the first qualified helicopter pilot to be appointed as the Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force.
Carl-Alfred (August) Schumacher was a German military officer and politician. During World War II,Schumacher served in the German Luftwaffe,commanding the Jagdgeschwader 1 fighter wing. After World War II,Schumacher was an active politician and member of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE),German Party (DP) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). From 1952 to 1963,he was an elected member of the Landtag in Lower Saxony.
Hans-Georg von Seidel was a German military leader who served in the German Army during World War I and in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Seidel was promoted to the rank of General der Flieger.
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.
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.
Gerhard Bassenge was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. In the inter-war period,he worked at the Reich Air Ministry and was one of the German officers most responsible for training the first German paratroopers.
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head and highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Air Force. The position is often occupied by the most senior commissioned officer appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The post was created in 1963 with Colonel Gerhard Kahtz of the German Air Force as the first incumbent.
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.
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.
Wolfgang Thimmig was a German Luftwaffe night fighter during World War II. By the end of the war he had achieved 24 aerial victories,reached the rank of Oberstleutnant,and was Geschwaderkommodore for NJG 2,having previously been the Kommodore for NJG 4.
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.
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 Commodore Edward Gabkwet is a Nigerian air force officer who is the 17th director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force.
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