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Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo (born 1943) was part of the first sets of people to be recruited into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in 1963, under the watchful eyes of the first Nigerian Chief of Air Staff, Colonel Gerhard Kahtz (GAF). The Nigerian Air Force was formally established on 18 April 1964 under the Air Force Act 1964. Latinwo is one of Nigeria's egalitarian leaders. ==Military career== From 28 August 1963 to 21 June 1966, Latinwo attended Basic and Advance Military Training in Uetersen, Western Germany where he trained as an Air force officer. In Western Germany, Latinwo attended training for his flying wings and attended the College of Navigation, West Germany, for his certificate in Air Navigation which he completed in 1966. He was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in 1966 upon his arrival from West Germany to Nigeria. Latinwo was adjutant, Kaduna Air force Base from 1966-68, and assistant base commander, Nigerian Air force base (NAF base) Kano, Nigeria 1970-71 and Deputy Base Commander, NAF Base, Benin City (1971-72). In 1972, Latinwo attended for a six-month conversion training on Ilyushin Il-28 Fighter-bomber Aircraft in Cairo, Egypt and attended the Fokker F-27 Aircraft Management Course in Amsterdam, Holland in 1972. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1972. He was appointed the Director of Training at the Nigerian Air force (NAF) Headquarters between 1972 -1974. Latinwo proceeded to the Junior Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom in 1974 for further Military training. In 1975, Latinwo had Type rating Training on C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Latinwo was appointed Director of Operations at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Air force between 1975 – 1977. In 1976, Latinwo attended the Command and Staff College, Jaji, Nigeria. From 1977-1978, he was appointed Base Commander for Nigerian Air force base (NAF base) Makurdi, Nigeria. From 1978-1979, Latinwo was appointed Base Commander for Nigerian Air force base (NAF base) Kaduna. He was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander in 1979. In 1980, he was appointed the Senior Staff Officer for Air Operations (Defence Headquarters) Lagos. In 1981, Latinwo was promoted to the rank of Group Captain. In 1984, Group Captain Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo was nominated by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa and appointed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, the Head of State as the new Military Governor of Kwara State. A position he held until August 1985. When Major-General Ibrahim Babangida took power in 1985, as military President of Nigeria, Latinwo was appointed as the new Commander (Director) of the Directorate of Administration at the Nigerian Air force Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria, until he was finally retired from the Nigerian Air force in March 1986. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salaudeen Latinwo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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