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AIR VICE MARSHAL AS BADEH
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Air Vice Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh was born in Vimtim, Mubi North Local Government area, Adamawa State on 10 January 1957. He attended the Villanova Secondary School, Numan, Adamawa State, where he obtained School Certificate in June 1976. He was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 21 Regular Course on 3 January 1977, and was commissioned pilot officer on on 3 July 1979. He was promoted AVM on 3 January 2008.
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He started his flying career at the 301 Flying Training School on the Bulldog primary trainer aircraft in 1979. Between 1981 and 82, he attended the Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base in the United States Air Force between January 1981 and September 1982. The senior officer is a Qualified Flying Instructor and has accumulated over 6000 flying hours on the Bulldog 123, Do 128-6, Do 228, Hawker 125, Hawker 1000, Falcon 900 and Gulfstream 5 airplanes. AVM Badeh has extensive International Flight Operations experience.
AVM Badeh attended the Junior Division course at Armed Forces Command and Staff College in 1988, and the senior division course at same institution between 1995 and 1996. He attended the National War College Nigeria as a member of course 14 and graduated in August 2006; the University of Ibadan for Msc.
AVM Badeh has held several appointments, among which are Staff Officer 2 Operations at Training Command, CO Administration, Operations Support and Operations Wings, and then the office of Fleet Operations Officer all in the Presidential Air Fleet and then Commander Presidential Air Fleet from June 2002 to 25 October 2004. He also held the offices of Command Training officer at Training Command, Deputy Director Training and Director of Research at the Defence HQ. AVM was a Directing Staff and Director National Military Strategy and the National Defence College. His decorations are DSS, psc,fdc(+), Msc.
AVM Badeh is happily married to Mary Iyah and they are blessed with 3 children: two boys and a girl. His hobbies are watching and playing the game of Golf.
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