Air Vice Marshal AA SHINKAFI DSS FCM psc mni PhD CEng R.COREN

AIR OFFICER COMMANDING GROUND TRAINING COMMAND

BACKGROUND

  1. Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Abdullahi Shinkafi was born on the 23 October 1970, he hails from Local Government Area of Zamfara State and was commissioned on the 17 September 1994 as 41 Regular Course.
  2. Educational Qualifications: B.Eng (Mech) from NDA, 1994; MSc Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University UK, 2010; PhD Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University UK, 2016.
  3. Prominent Military Courses: Officer Engineering Course at then Technical Training Group now Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna; Junior and Senior Staff Courses at AFCSC Jaji; Policy and Strategic Studies at National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru Jos.
  4. United Nation Course: Peace Support Operation Training at Swedish International Command, Sweden.
  5. Prominent Working Experience: Project Manager Armed Forces Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Workshop/German Assisted Technical Group, Abuja, Apr 02 – Feb 03; Assistant Force Communications Officer, United Nations mission in Sierra Leone, Feb 03 – Feb 04; Engineering Control Officer, 431 Engineering Group, NAF Kaduna, Jan – Oct 08; Dean School of Air Engineering (Now Faculty), AFIT, 2014 – 15; Principal Director AFRDC, 2019 - 2020; Deputy Commandant/Principal Staff Officer Coordination, AFIT, 2020 – 21; Comd Aircraft Overhaul Centre Kaduna 2021; Director R&D, HQ NAF Abuja, Aug 22; Chief of Staff Mobility Command, NAF Yenagoa, May – Aug 22 and Director Aerospace Research, Defence Research and Development Bureau, Jan 23. Also, AVM AA Shinkafi is an associate Professor and a visiting Lecturer at University of Abuja and AFIT. Chief of Defence Space Administration, 3 July 23 to date. Currently Air Officer Commanding,Ground Training Command.
  6. Member of Professional Bodies: Member Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); Chartered Engineer of Engineering Council, United Kingdom and Member Institute of Engineering and Technology.
  7. Decorations: DSS FCM psc mni PhD CEng R.COREN.
  8. Marital Status: Married and Blessed with Children.
  9. Hobbies: Table Tennis and Horse Ridding.