On Monday, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, appointed Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar as the 22nd Chief of Air Staff.
Abubakar was born on September 11, 1970, and according to his profile, which was made public by the NAF Headquarters, he is a native of Kano State’s Shanono Local Government Area.
He joined the Nigerian Air Force on September 19, 1992, after graduating from the Nigerian Defence Academy’s Regular Course 39.
Abubakar has taken a number of courses, including ab-initio and basic flying training courses at the Nigerian Army Infantry Centre and School, Jaji, and basic and advance airborne courses at the former 301 Flying Training School, Kaduna.
Additionally, he went to the Company Amphibious Operations Course at the Infantry Centre and School of the Nigerian Army in Calabar.
Others include the National Defense Course at the Nasser Higher Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt, and the Junior and Senior Command and Staff Courses at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji.
The new CAS has previously served as Officer Commanding ‘B’ Squadron (Do 228), 81 Air Maritime Group NAF Benin; Team Leader MILOB Team Site 615 Mahagi (Ituri Brigade), United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC); and Aviation Planning Officer, MONUC Air Operations Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
He served as the Base Services Wing Commanding Officer for the 81 Air Maritime Group in Benin. Later, he held a variety of positions at the 88 Military Airlift Group in Ikeja, including Operations Officer for the Operational Conversion Unit, Operations Officer for the Commanding Officer of the 21 Wing, and Group Safety Officer.
He was the Unit’s Commandant after serving as the 011 Presidential Air Fleet Fleet Operation Officer.
He also served as the Chief of Staff for the Mobility Command in Yenagoa, the Air Officer Commanding the Logistics Command in Ikeja, the Director of Policy and the Director of Operations at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Air Force in Abuja, among other positions.
NAN
