AFCSC STRUCTURE

The Department of Air Warfare (DAW), formally called Air Faculty, was formally established as arm of the then Command and Staff College Jaji in early 1978 vides Established Order 01/78 dated 16 Mar 78. In that same year, negotiations were concluded between Great Britain and Nigeria for the provision of a Royal Air Force Advisory Team (RAFA) to run both the Senior and Junior Course of the Air Faculty.

Hitherto, few NAF officers were nominated to attend the senior course as the forerunner of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), that is the Army Command and Staff College, which opened on 29 May 76. Out of 68 officers who attended the first full Army Command and Staff Course, SCS 1, only 2 NAF officers participated.

The first Air Faculty senior course comprised 20 NAF officers. The NAF officers spent the first 2 out of the 6 terms of the course with the Army Command and Staff College (ACSC), opened on 26 Feb 79 at the NAF GTG Kaduna. Subsequently, the Air Faculty ran 4 Senior Officers Staff Course (SOSC) for short duration to clear the backlog of untrained NAF senior officers. The JCSS on the other hand, ran a 19 - weeks course for flight lieutenants. The JCSS  later moved to Jaji when the faculty building was completed. The Air Faculty was redesignated DAW in 2002, when the College also changed it name to AFCSC.      

The Senior Divisions of the  Air Warfare Departments conduct a one – year joint course per academic year for the officers of the rank of major or its equivalent. The Junior Courses of the  department conduct two 20 – week courses for officers of the rank of captain in the Army or its equivalent in each academic year.

Successful students are awarded Pass Staff Course (psc) and Pass Junior Staff Course (pjsc) at the end of the Senior and Junior Courses respectively.

 

Activities / Achievements
The department of Air Warfare has since inception graduated about 715 officers in the senior course and 1,515 officers in the junior course. These figures include officers from sister African countries and civilians from the Ministry of Defence.

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Chronicle of Directors           Period Serial Rank Name Awards From To 1 Gp Capt U Muazu FSS psc 3 Apr 78 25 Sep 78 2 Gp Capt GO Esho FSS psc 24 Sep 79 5 Jan 81 3 Gp Capt CU Ugah FSS psc mni 9 Feb 81 8 Feb 82 4 Gp Capt S Magaji FSS psc 8 Feb 82 1 Dec 82 5 Gp Capt/Air Cdre AH Lawal FSS psc mni 1 Dec 82 20 Jan 84 6 Air Cdre AE Okpere FSS psc mni 20 Jan 84 1 Mar 86 7 Gp Capt A Okpanachi FSS psc mni 1 Mar 86 30 Jan 88 8 Air Cdre MM Aliyu FSS psc mni 10 Jul 88 21 Feb 89 9 Air Cdre JA Mbaka FSS psc Usawc 23 Feb 89 10 Sep 90 10 Gp Capt MA Johnson FSS psc mni 10 Sep 90 10 Mar 91 11 Gp Capt VO Omozokpia FSS psc mni 11 Mar 91 3 Dec 91 12 Air Cdre JO Sunmonu FSS psc mni 4 Dec 91 7 Oct 93 13 Air Cdre VC Akiti  FSS Dso psc 8 Oct 93 26 Sep 94 14 Air Cdre JA Akawo FSS psc [ + ] fwc 26 Sep 94 18 Jul 97 15 Air Cdre I Abdulrahman FSS MSS Dss psc[ + ] 18 Aug 97 18 Dec 98 16 Air Cdre EU Okundaye Dss psc [ + ] ndc 18 Feb 99 28 Jul 99 17 Air Cdre JA Kolawole FSS MSS Dss psc fwc   [ MSc] 28 Jul 99 15 May 01  18  Air Cdre  KR Ekezie Dss psc [ + ] ndc  26 Jul 01  10 Jan 03  19  Air Cdre  TM Ato Dss psc [ + ] fwc MSc  10 Jan 03  17 Feb 04  20  Air Cdre  I Danbauchi Dss psc [ + ] fwc LLB BSc MSc  17 Feb 04  08 Sep 06 21 Air Cdre JA Udo Dss psc [ + ] fwc MSc  08 Sep 06  Till date   RECORDS OF CHIEF INSTRUCTORS AND DIRECTING STAFF Air Warfare Chief Instructors Directing Staff