Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Altay Ramazan oglu Mehdiyev ( az, Altay Ramazan oğlu Mehdiyev) was the Commander of

Azerbaijani Air Forces Azerbaijani Air Forces and Air Defence often referred to as the Azerbaijani Air Force ( az, Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri) is the air force and air defence force of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. History The roots of the current organis ...

Career

General Mehdiev originates from the city of

Lankaran Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a di ...

Air force commander

After the assassination of the Commander of Azerbaijani Air Force,

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Rail Rzayev Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev ( az, Rail Qurban oğlu Rzayev; March 10, 1945 – February 11, 2009) was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force from shortly after Azerbaijan's independence in the early 1990s, to his death in 2009. Early life ...

on February 11, 2009 the position remained unfilled until May 12, 2009 when President

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev ...

appointed Mehdiyev to take over the command. Before the appointment, Mehdiyev served as the Chief of Staff of

Azerbaijani Armed Forces The Azerbaijani Armed Forces ( az, Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had originally formed ...

in Nakhchivan. He's considered to be a professional, well trained for air force operations. Mehdiyev was awarded with '' Veten Ughrunda Medal'' (In the Name of Motherland) for service to his country on June 22, 2006.

Dismissal

He was dismissed on 18 November 2013. He was appointed to the post of rector of the

War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces The Military Academy of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces ( az, Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələrinin Hərbi Akademiyası, russian: Военная Академия Вооруженных сил Азербайджанской Республики) transla ...

References

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