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Air Force Military School, Jos. / 9.87028°N 8.89167°E / 9.87028; 8.89167. Air Force Military School, Jos (AFMS) is a military and academic institution located in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Established on 18 September 1980, the school has graduated over 3,794 junior airmen as of August 2022. [1]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces.It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces.It is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of over 18,000 personnel as at 2021 and aircraft including 9 Chengdu F-7s, 11Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets, three JF-17 Thunder Block II and 12 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano aircraft, 24 Ameracchi M-346 FAs on order ...
Defence Services Staff College. / 11.363529; 76.7917566. The Defence Services Staff College ( DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India . It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – ( Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force ), selected officers from the ...
Thanjavur Air Force Station ( IATA: TJV, ICAO: VOTJ) is an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) south-west of the city in Pilaiyarpatti and near the village of Ravusapatti. [1] The air force base was expected to start functioning by 2012. [3]
Hasan Bala Abubakar was born on 11 September 1970 in Shanono Local Government Area in Kano State. He attended the Nigerian Military School, Zaria as a member of NMS 82 class. He is a qualified Aeromechanical Engineer, having obtained a Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering in 2006 from the Nigerian Air Force Technical Training Group (now ...
The school was established along with three others in the British Colonial West Africa in Gambia, Gold Coast (now Ghana ), and Sierra Leone. It was modeled after the Boys Wing of the British Army. The present day Military School came into being on May 20, 1954. The Nigerian Military School (NMS) had a student battalion that consisted of 4 ...
In 2007, the Air Force had a strength of 10,000. It flies transport, trainer, helicopter, and fighter aircraft. By 2021, the number of the Air Force personnel had increased to 18,000. The Air Force sponsors the Air Force Military School, Jos, Nigeria and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Nigeria also has pursued a policy of developing ...
Nigerian Air Force. Years of service. 1984–2023. Rank. Air Marshal. Isiaka Oladayo Amao CFR psc DFS GSS RBS GSM QFI fndu MSc MMSc (born 14 September 1965) is a retired Nigerian air marshal and a former Chief of the Air Staff [1] of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) appointed on 26 January 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.