Paul Dike (born 1950) is a retired
air chief marshal of the
Nigerian Air Force
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 about 15,000 personnel and aircraft including eight Chinese ...
, who was the Chief of the Air Staff from 2006 to 2008.
In August 2008, he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff. Prior to his appointment as Chief of the Air Staff, Dike was Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command. Appointed Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet in 1997 by military dictator General
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...
, he was appointed Chief of Air Staff by General
Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...
's civilian government in 2006.
Promotions
* Officer Cadet, Nigerian Defence Academy, 22 January 1973.
* Commissioned Pilot Officer, Nigerian Air Force, 21 June 1975.
* Flying Officer, 22 January 1977
* Flight Lieutenant, 22 January 1981
* Squadron Leader, 22 July 1985
* Wing Commander, 22 January 1991
* Group Captain, 22 January 1996
* Air Commodore, 22 January 2001
* Air Vice Marshal, 22 January 2004
* Air Marshal, 30 May 2006, made CAS the same day.
*Air Chief Marshal, 20 August 2008
Appointments and positions held
ACM Paul Dike held the following office prior to becoming Chief of Defence Staffs
* Staff Officer I, Operations Headquarters, Tactical Air Command
* Instructor Pilot, Operational Conversion Unit, MiG-21 fighter jets
* Chief Flying Instructor, 303 Flying Training School, FTS.
* Commander, ECOMOG Air Detachment, Freetown, Sierra Leone
* Directing Staff,
Armed Forces Command and Staff College,
Jaji, Kaduna.
* Commander, National Air Defence Corps.
* Deputy Director, Plans, Nigerian Air Force Headquarters.
* Director of Operations, Nigerian Air Force Headquarters.
* Commander, Nigerian Air Force Station, Yola, Adamawa State.
* Airport Commandant, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
* Appointed Commander, the Nigerian Presidential Air Fleet, PAF by the late General Sani Abacha
* Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Training Command, Kaduna.
* Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Makurdi, Benue State.
* Appointed the 15th Chief of Air Staff (CAS) on 1 June 2006 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
* Appointed the Chief of Defence Staff, Defence Headquarters, Abuja on 20 August 2008 by President Umaru Musa Yar’adua. On 8 September 2010, thereby becoming the First
Nigerian Airforce
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 about 15,000 personnel and aircraft including eight Chinese ...
officer to attain the Rank of
Air Chief Marshal
References
Max Siollun - Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike
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Nigerian Air Force air marshals
Living people
People from Delta State
Chiefs of the Air Staff (Nigeria)
1950 births