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History of The Nigerian Air Force |
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Former Chiefs of Air Staffs
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AIR VICE MARSHAL FEMI JOHN FEMI (1993 –1996) |
The eleventh Chief of the Air Staff of the NAF, Air Vice Marshal Femi John Femi,
was born on 30 December 1945 in Egbeda – Kabba, Kogi State. He enlisted into the NAF as an officer cadet on 1 July 1965. He proceeded to Germany for his pilot training
after his basic military training. He qualified as a helicopter pilot in March 1967
and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on his return to Nigeria on 1 June 1967.
Other courses attended by Air Vice Marshal Femi include a flying training course
on the Alouette helicopter at Ikeja in 1973; a conversion course on the DO-27 in
Kaduna in 1973; a flying course on the BO-105 helicopter in Germany in 1974; a senior management course in Aerospace Systems at the University of Southern Carolina USA
in 1974; and a conversion course on the Puma helicopter in France in 1975.
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In 1978 he attended an operations and tactical course before attending the Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1979. He attended the prestigious USAF Air War College in 1982 where he received an award for excellence. 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 March and August 1970. He was
the the Group Safety Officer at ATG and Director of Training at the NAF Headquarters
on 2 occasions (May 1975-April 1977 and May 1980-December 1981).
He also, at various times, com179 manded 301 FTS, 305 FTS and NAF Port Harcourt.
He was appointed the Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ TAC between August 1987 and February 1988. He moved to the Military Airlift Command, Ibadan in 1989 where he served in
the same capacity. He was posted to HQ NAF as Air Officer Inspections in 1991. From
December 1991 to 1993, he served at the National War College, first as a Member
of the Establishment Committee, then as a Senior Directing Staff and then as Acting
Deputy Commandant and Director of Studies. On 17 September 1993 he was appointed
Chief of Air Staff of the NAF. He retired from military service in 1996. |
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