Chief of Air Staff (Ghana)
Appearance
Chief of the Air Staff | |
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since January 2023 | |
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Abbreviation | CAS |
Reports to | Chief of the Defence Staff |
Appointer | President of Ghana |
Formation | 1959 |
First holder | K. Jaswant-Singh |
Chief of Air Staff is the official title of the highest ranking air force personnel of the Ghana Air Force. The current Chief of Air Staff is Air Vice Marshal Frank Hanson.[1]
Chiefs of Air Staff
[edit]The senior appointment in the GHF is the Chief of Air Staff. The following is a list of the Ghana Air Force Chiefs of Air Staff:[2]
No. | Portrait | Chief of Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | K. Jaswant-Singh Indian | Air CommodoreMay 1959 | August 1960 | 1 year, 3 months | |
2 | I. M. Gundry-White (1918–1961) British | Wing CommanderSeptember 1960 | March 1961 | 6 months | |
3 | John N. H. Whitworth (1912–1974) British | Air CommodoreMarch 1961 | September 1962 | 1 year, 6 months | |
4 | J.E.S. de Graft-Hayford (1912–2002) First Ghanaian CAS | Air CommodoreSeptember 1962 | July 1963 | 10 months | |
5 | Michael Otu (1925–2006) [3] | Air Vice-MarshalJuly 1963 | March 1968 | 4 years, 8 months | |
6 | Napoleon Ashley-Lassen (born 1934) | Air CommodoreMarch 1968 | January 1971 | 2 years, 10 months | |
7 | Charles Beausoliel | Air CommodoreJanuary 1971 | December 1971 | 11 months | |
(6) | Napoleon Ashley-Lassen | Air CommodoreDecember 1971 | January 1972 | 1 month | |
(7) | Charles Beausoliel | Air CommodoreDecember 1972 | November 1976 | 4 years, 11 months | |
8 | George Yaw Boakye (1937–1979) | Air Vice MarshalNovember 1976 | June 1979 | 2 years, 7 months | |
9 | Samuel Gyabaah | Wing CommanderJune 1979 | July 1979 | 1 month | |
10 | F. W. K. Klutse | Group CaptainJuly 1979 | December 1979 | 4 months | |
11 | John Odaate-Barnor (1937–2012) | Air CommodoreDecember 1979 | May 1980 | 5 months | |
12 | K. K. Pumpuni | Air CommodoreMay 1980 | January 1982 | 1 year, 8 months | |
13 | E. A. A. Awuviri | Group CaptainJanuary 1982 | December 1982 | 11 months | |
14 | J. E. A. Kotei (1940–2010) | Air Vice MarshalDecember 1982 | June 1988 | 5 years, 6 months | |
15 | Harry Dumashie (1938–2002) | Air MarshalJune 1988 | June 1992 | 4 years | |
16 | John Asamoah Bruce (1938–2002) | Air Marshal5 June 1992 | 16 March 2001 | 8 years, 9 months | |
17 | Edward Mantey (born 1946) [4] | Air Vice Marshal16 March 2001 | 20 May 2005 | 4 years, 2 months | |
18 | Julius Boateng [5] | Air Vice Marshal20 May 2005 | 28 January 2009 | 3 years, 8 months | |
19 | Michael Samson-Oje (born 1954) [1] | Air Vice Marshal31 March 2009 | January 2016 | 6 years, 9 months | |
20 | Maxwell Nagai [1] | Air Vice MarshalJanuary 2016 | January 2019 | 3 years | |
21 | Frank Hanson [1] | Air Vice MarshalJanuary 2019 | January 2023 | 4 years | |
22 | Frederick Asare Bekoe | Air Vice MarshalJanuary 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 6 months |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Mahama, makes changes at the military hierarchy. "Mahama makes changes at the military hierarchy". myjoyonline.com. Multimedia Group. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Past Chiefs of Air Staff". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 2008-02-06. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Military Air Vice-Marshal Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. thestatesmanonline.com.
- ^ "Immediate Past Chief of Air Staff - Ghana Air Force". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 22 April 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- ^ "Chief of Air Staff - Ghana Air Force". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 21 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.