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Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar (born 11 September 1970) 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.
The post was created in 1963 with Colonel Gerhard Kahtz of the German Air Force as the first incumbent. The current and 22nd chief of the air staff is Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, who succeeded Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao in June 2023.
Although an air force was originally proposed in 1958, many lawmakers preferred to rely on the United Kingdom for air defense. [citation needed] But during peacekeeping operations in Congo and Tanganyika, the Nigerian Army had no air transport of its own, and so in 1962, the government began to recruit cadets for pilot training in various foreign countries, with the first ten being taught by ...
Sadique Baba Abubakar CFR psc (+) DFS GSS fwc fdc(+) MSc (born 8 April 1960) is a retired air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force and former Chief of the Air Staff of Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2023, he contested for governor of Bauchi State in the 2023 Bauchi State gubernatorial election , under the platform of the All Progressives Congress ...
Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar: Preceded by: Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa: In office 9 March 2021 – 6 January 2023: Chief of the Air Staff: Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao: Succeeded by: Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa: Personal details; Born 23 December 1971 (age 53) Kaduna, Nigeria: Military service; Allegiance Nigeria: Branch/service ...
Isiaka Oladayo Amao was born and brought up in Enugu State Southeastern Nigeria. He is an indigene of Oshogbo Local Government Area in Osun state. He later moved to Osun state with his parents and then to Kaduna state where he attended his early childhood education at Nuhu Bamalli Primary School in Zaria, Kaduna from 1971 to 1977.
Air Vice Marshal Femi held various appointments at both command and staff levels in the NAF. He had Civil War attachments at Makurdi, Enugu, Umunede, Asaba, Port-Harcourt, and Escravos. He was also involved in the airlift of relief materials to all the Local Government Areas in the defunct Eastern Region with Arizona Helicopters, Inc between ...
In April 2001, Wuyep was made Chief of the Air Staff, the senior appointment in the Nigerian Air Force and he was promoted Air Marshal on 1 October 2001. [1] Following the Nigerian Air Force's receipt of a 3 million US dollars aid package in the form of American C-130 spare parts, Wuyep called for a yet closer relationship between the Nigerian ...