Yusuf Özer

Yusuf Özer (born August 15, 1926 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish Lieutenant General of the Air Force (Hava Kuvetleri) , who was last commandant of the Air Force Academy (Hava Harp Okulu) between 1977 and 1980 .

Life

After attending the Kuleli Military High School ( Kuleli Askerî Lisesi ), which was founded in 1845, Özer began training as an officer at the Army Academy ( Kara Harp Okulu ) in 1947 , which he finished on August 30, 1949 as an ensign (Asteğmen) . Then he began on September 6, 1949 a pilot training at the Air Force School (Hava Okulu) in Eskişehir and found after its completion on September 25, 1950 use in various units of the air force. In July 1959 he became the commander of the training regiment of the Air Force Academy (Hava Harp Okulu) and was then from 1962 to 1964 a graduate of the Air Force Staff Academy (Hava Harp Akademisi) . After he was commander of the 114th Air Force Regiment between 1964 and 1966, he was employed as an officer in the planning department of the operations department at the headquarters of the air force from 1966 to 1967 and as deputy military attaché and air force attaché at the embassy in the United States between March 1967 and September 1, 1968 Kingdom .

After his return, Özer became Head of Operations at the Air Force Headquarters in September 1968 and then Chief of Staff at the Air Force Academy on September 18, 1969, before becoming Head of Operations at the 6th Air Force Base in Bandirma in September 1970 . He was then deputy commander of the Air Force Academy between August 30, 1972 and August 28, 1973, and commander of the 5th Air Force Base in Merzifon from August 30, 1973 to August 30, 1975 September 9, 1977 was the head of the personnel department and the basic planning department at the headquarters of the Air Force. Most recently, Major General Özer was the successor to Major General Tevfik Alpaslan from September 5, 1977 to August 21, 1980 in command of the Air Force Academy (Hava Harp Okulu)

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