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Air Marshal John Asamoah Bruce was a Ghanaian air force personnel and served in the Ghana Air Force. He was the Chief of Air Staff of the Ghana Air Force from June 1992 to March 2001. [1]

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  1. Air Staff, Chiefs. "Past CAS". gafonline.mil.gh. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.