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875:
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997:
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1112:
1077:
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850:
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1338:
1308:
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1107:
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1087:
1047:
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924:
1932:
1834:
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1062:
1012:
957:
1854:
317:
656:
408:
286:
1478:
594:
532:
470:
439:
625:
501:
255:
1927:
781:
1955:
563:
75:
847:"Major General John Mugaravai Omenda EBS SS OGW 'rcds' (UK) 'psc' (K) Commander Kenya Air Force"
348:
1937:
137:
129:
65:
25:
2021:
867:
687:
195:
141:
133:
116:
113:
39:
36:
802:
846:
825:"How General Francis Ogolla is Demystifying Chief of Defence Forces Position"
1601:
140:
as the first commander. The current
Commanders of the Air Force is
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823:
Ochieng, Angeline; Oudia, Rushdie (18 December 2023).
1968:
1906:
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1647:
1399:
1239:
1181:
903:
109:
91:
81:
71:
23:
729:"Ogolla appointed KDF vice chief in new postings"
144:Fatumah Ahmed, who was appointed on 2 May 2024.
782:"History of Commanders of the Kenya Air Force"
883:
8:
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1403:
1243:
907:
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151:
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20:
569:MGH,EBS,DCO,OGW 'awc' (USA), 'psc'(K)
7:
445:MGH,CBS,DCO 'awc' (USA), 'acsc'(USA)
132:. The post was created in 1964 with
148:List of Commanders of the Air Force
898:Chiefs of the air force by country
14:
631:MGH,EBS,HSC 'ndc' (K) 'psc' (FRA)
662:EBS,SS,OGW 'rcds' (UK) 'psc' (K)
169:
58:
600:MGH,EBS,OGW 'ndc' (K), 'psc'(K)
538:MGH,EBS,DCO 'ndc' (K), 'psc'(K)
44:since 2 May 2024
476:MGH,CBS,'awc' (USA), 'psc'(UK)
155:
1:
1918:Independent State of Croatia
672:2 years, 284 days
610:3 years, 347 days
548:5 years, 336 days
486:2 years, 360 days
455:6 years, 154 days
414:CBS,'awc' (USA), 'acsc'(USA)
364:3 years, 213 days
240:4 years, 167 days
211:2 years, 266 days
579:3 years, 17 days
517:1 year, 255 days
507:MGH,CBS,'ndc' (K), 'psc'(K)
424:5 years, 49 days
393:3 years, 84 days
349:Mohamed Haji Barrow Mohamud
333:2 years, 45 days
302:7 years, 70 days
271:1 year, 249 days
126:Commanders of the Air Force
97:; 60 years ago
2044:
641:3 years, 8 days
2028:Air force chiefs of staff
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693:CBS, OGW, ândcâ âpsc'(K)
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165:
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159:
154:
56:
31:
16:Chief of Kenyan Air Force
953:Central African Republic
731:. The Star. 23 July 2021
318:Patrick Mwagiru Kariuki
86:Chief of Defence Forces
1711:Bosnia and Herzegovina
1363:Saint Kitts and Nevis
1103:SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
973:Republic of the Congo
657:John Mugaravai Omenda
626:Francis Omondi Ogolla
502:Julius Waweru Karangi
409:Duncan Kireri Wachira
379:Dedan Njuguna Gichuru
287:Dedan Njuguna Gichuru
136:Ian Stockwell of the
1654:Democratic Kampuchea
1624:United Arab Emirates
595:Samuel Nganga Thuita
533:Harold Mwakio Tangai
471:Simon Kiplimo Muttai
1372:Trinidad and Tobago
1250:Antigua and Barbuda
440:Nick Letoluo Leshan
383:CBS,EBS 'awc' (USA)
128:is the head of the
1304:Dominican Republic
688:Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed
345:Lieutenant general
256:David John Edwards
76:Commanding general
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2014:
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709:
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122:
121:
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1973:
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1684:
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1207:Ethiopian Empire
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196:Ian S Stockwell
193:
182:Time in office
166:Term of office
150:
138:Royal Air Force
130:Kenya Air Force
101:
99:
96:
66:Kenya Air Force
59:
57:
52:
47:
45:
43:
42:
35:
26:Kenya Air Force
17:
12:
11:
5:
2041:
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1919:
1916:
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1895:United Kingdom
1892:
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724:
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652:
650:
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621:
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590:
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560:Major general
559:
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529:Major general
528:
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497:
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466:
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436:Major general
435:
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1938:East Germany
1933:Nazi Germany
1619:Turkmenistan
1577:Saudi Arabia
1128:South Africa
1118:Sierra Leone
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268:16 Apr 1973
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1990:New Zealand
1880:Switzerland
1825:Netherlands
1567:Philippines
1509:South Korea
1504:North Korea
1456:PR of China
1416:Afghanistan
1314:El Salvador
1133:South Sudan
1028:Ivory Coast
856:28 December
831:28 December
808:28 December
735:28 December
564:Joff Otieno
390:9 May 1989
201:CBE,DFC,AFC
1956:Yugoslavia
1820:Montenegro
1799:Luxembourg
1629:Uzbekistan
1609:Tajikistan
1519:Kyrgyzstan
1499:Kazakhstan
1460:East Timor
1436:Bangladesh
1426:Azerbaijan
1113:Seychelles
1078:Mozambique
1068:Mauritania
1053:Madagascar
948:Cape Verde
803:"17 April"
712:References
323:'psc' (UK)
82:Reports to
48:2024-05-02
1980:Australia
1804:Macedonia
1794:Lithuania
1663:Manchukuo
1660:Mengjiang
1587:Sri Lanka
1582:Singapore
1469:Indonesia
1387:Venezuela
1349:Nicaragua
1319:Guatemala
1254:Argentina
1143:Swaziland
701:Incumbent
160:Portrait
142:Maj. Gen.
92:Formation
34:Incumbent
2022:Category
1865:Slovenia
1860:Slovakia
1840:Portugal
1716:Bulgaria
1614:Thailand
1562:Pakistan
1544:Mongolia
1539:Maldives
1534:Malaysia
1451:Cambodia
1411:Abkhazia
1367:Suriname
1354:Paraguay
1334:Honduras
1294:Colombia
1264:Barbados
1240:Americas
1217:Transkei
1212:Rhodesia
1173:Zimbabwe
1148:Tanzania
998:Ethiopia
978:Djibouti
968:DR Congo
943:Cameroon
930:Botswana
787:11 April
2004:Vanuatu
1969:Oceania
1924:Prussia
1899:Vatican
1890:Ukraine
1845:Romania
1812:Moldova
1776:Ireland
1771:Hungary
1761:Georgia
1756:Germany
1746:Finland
1741:Estonia
1736:Denmark
1721:Croatia
1706:Belgium
1701:Belarus
1696:Austria
1691:Albania
1634:Vietnam
1549:Myanmar
1529:Lebanon
1431:Bahrain
1421:Armenia
1382:Uruguay
1339:Jamaica
1309:Ecuador
1274:Bolivia
1259:Bahamas
1158:Tunisia
1123:Somalia
1108:Senegal
1093:Nigeria
1083:Namibia
1073:Morocco
1043:Liberia
1038:Lesotho
993:Eritrea
963:Comoros
939:Burundi
915:Algeria
283:Colonel
261:CBE,AFC
100: (
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1907:Former
1885:Turkey
1875:Sweden
1855:Serbia
1850:Russia
1835:Poland
1830:Norway
1816:Monaco
1789:Latvia
1785:Kosovo
1766:Greece
1751:France
1726:Cyprus
1680:Europe
1648:Former
1602:Taiwan
1514:Kuwait
1494:Jordan
1484:Israel
1446:Brunei
1441:Bhutan
1344:Mexico
1324:Guyana
1284:Canada
1279:Brazil
1269:Belize
1199:Ciskei
1189:Biafra
1182:Former
1168:Zambia
1163:Uganda
1098:Rwanda
1058:Malawi
1018:Guinea
1008:Gambia
920:Angola
904:Africa
230:DFC,TD
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2000:Tonga
1870:Spain
1808:Malta
1781:Italy
1639:Yemen
1592:Syria
1572:Qatar
1553:Nepal
1489:Japan
1464:India
1329:Haiti
1289:Chile
1227:Zaire
1222:Venda
1138:Sudan
1088:Niger
1048:Libya
1033:Kenya
1013:Ghana
1003:Gabon
983:Egypt
925:Benin
163:Name
1985:Fiji
1557:Oman
1524:Laos
1479:Iraq
1474:Iran
1400:Asia
1359:Peru
1299:Cuba
1153:Togo
1063:Mali
958:Chad
858:2023
833:2023
810:2023
789:2022
737:2023
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