Jocklin Kongpaw | |||||||||||||||||||
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2nd Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 27 March 1986 –1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Hassanal Bolkiah | ||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Abidin Ahmad | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ibrahim Mohammed | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Jocklin bin Kongpaw | ||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Military officer and diplomat | ||||||||||||||||||
Military service | |||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||
Branch/service | Royal Brunei Land Forces Royal Brunei Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1965–1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Colonel | ||||||||||||||||||
Commands | Air Wing Director of Personnel | ||||||||||||||||||
Jocklin bin Kongpaw is a Bruneian military officer and diplomat who became the high commissioner to Canada from 1998 to 2000, [1] and Australia from 2001 to 2003. [2]
Being the first pilots in the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF),he and Pengiran Abidin have indirectly aided in the expansion and development of the RBAirF. [3]
Junior Lieutenants Abidin and Jocklin completed a two-month RAF Air Crew Selection training at Biggin Hill,Westerham,and returned to Brunei on 11 September 1966. [4] After completing all domestic and foreign flight training,two local officers,Second Lieutenants Abidin and Jocklin,were given the pilot badge for the first time by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 6 August 1968,marking a very significant moment for the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (AMDB). [5] This event is also remembered by the AMDB as the first in the history of the organization for having produced two successful local military pilots. The presentation ceremony was further enhanced at that time by a flight display at Istana Darul Hana that utilised a Bell 206B helicopter. The two pilots from the area shown a very high level of skill and effectiveness. [6]
AMDB created history on 14 August 1967,when the two pilots were sent to British Executive Air Services Limited,Kidlington,Oxford,for Basic Flight Training. Before going to training in the UK,the two officers also completed flying school in Sabah,Malaysia,to obtain a pilot's license. After completing basic training,the two pilots underwent ninety hours of Advanced Flight Training on a Bell 206B helicopter under the supervision of Major Herbert Marshall,the commanding commander of the Helicopter Platoon,AMDB. Both pilots have flown a range of RBAirF aircraft in various capacities and have served as officers. [6]
Colonel Jocklin was also the second indigenous officer to be appointed as the Air Branch,AMDB's commanding commander on 27 March 1986,succeeding Lieutenant Colonel Abidin. [7] After being advanced to the rank of Colonel in 1990,he assumed the position of Director of Membership and Administration within the Ministry of Defence. From 4 January 1994 to 31 January 1996,he was appointed as the Director of Personnel. [8] He spent 31 years working at ABDB. [9]
On 10 January 1998,he was presented his credentials by the Sultan,as the new high commissioner to Canada. [10] From 3 to 7 March 2003,he visited as the high commissioner to Australia. [11]
A road in Rimba Air Force Base was named Jocklin Drive on 22 April 2022. [12] Examples of honours awarded to him; [8]
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