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 2021 and aircraft including 9 Chengdu F-7s,11Dassault-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.
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.
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.
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.
Air Vice-Marshal Usman Mu'azu (1942–2008) was the military governor of Kaduna State,Nigeria,from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari.
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.
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.
Tukur Yusuf Burataipsc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general,former Chief of Army Staff,and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command,administrative,and instructional appointments.
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.
Grace Garba is the first female Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) to be promoted to the highest rank in the Non-Commissioned Officers’cadre since Nigerian Air Force was established on April 18,1964.
Flying Officer Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile was the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force.
Faruk Yahayapsc(+) NAM GSS ndc (Chile) FCMH GSMH MIAD is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general and a former Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria,appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 27 May 2021 after the death of the former Chief of Army Staff,Ibrahim Attahiru who died in the Beechcraft King Air 350i plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.
Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet is a Nigerian air force officer who is the 17th director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force.
Lieutenant general,is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff,the rank of full general is given. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank.
Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja is Nigerian Army lieutenant general who is the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria. He was appointed on 19 June 2023 by President Bola Tinubu to succeed Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya.
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.
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