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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. [1]
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 ...
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.
The Nigerian Air Force formally apologized for the massacre on May 17, the first time in its history. Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar met with the victims' families. [5] However a year after the massacre, Amnesty International stated that there was still no justice for the victims. [1]
Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942) later military ruler: 21 December 1997: 9 June 1998: ... Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh (1957–2018) 20 January 2014:
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 ...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, called the event a "very tragic and unfortunate incident" and promised a thorough investigation. [14] On 24 January, an Air Force spokesman said that the investigation would be concluded by 2 February, though he did not say whether the military would release its findings. [15]
Al-Amin Musa Daggash CFR (born 1 October 1942) is a retired Air Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 7th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime.