{"id":14070,"date":"2017-03-06T16:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14070"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:59:14","slug":"ihenachorgroup-captain-felix-o","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ihenachorgroup-captain-felix-o\/","title":{"rendered":"IHENACHOR, Group Captain Felix O"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Sunday (Eke) 6″‘ February, 1955 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Nwangele Milage\/Town: Agbaja Contact Telephone: 234-8044130945 Group Captain Felix O. Ihenachor was born on Sunday (Eke) 6″‘ February. 1955 to Mazi and Mrs Cyril Ihenachor. He has had a very brilliant career in the Air Force and consequently has been away from home yet has the love and commitment to the life ofhis people at home supreme in his agenda. Although he flies in the air. he lives at home with his people. Education and Training \u2022 St Peter Claver Primary School Kafanchan \u2022 Aquinas Secondary School Osuh Mbano WASC Military Career \u2022 Enlisted in the Air Force on 6″‘ July. 1975 as a member of shorl Service Course No. 10 Commissioned Pilot Oliicer. January 1978 \u2022 Commenced Ah Initio Pilot Training with the Bulldog Aircraft 1976 \u2022 Sent to Oxford Air Training School for his Basic Pilot Air Training in Kidtinglon Oxford, where he graduated in 1978 \u2022 Falcon 50 Pilot Training at Centre D’instruction Falcon Velizy France in 1984 \u2022 Dornier 228 Test Pilot Training AT Dornier DMB OBAPFAEHOFEN Munich Germany in 1988 \u2022 Falcon 900 Conversion training at Flight Safety International Teteborough USA 1993 Falcon 900 Training at Flight Safely Le- bourgel Paris 1995 \u2022 University of Lagos. B.Sc. Business Administration. Duties Undertaken Operations Conversion Unit NAF Kaduna \u2022 Transport Squadron NAF Benin as an Operational Pilol \u2022 Promoted to Executive Air Lift Group, now Presidential Air Fleet for excellent performance and proficiency. \u2022 Flight Examiner in recognition of his brilliant and Professional excellence. \u2022 Participated in numerous aviation training and safety seminars \u2022 HS 8.000 flying hours as well as staff experience. \u2022 A conservative reformer who believes in positive changes mostly where they concern professionalism Reviewed the training syllabuses for the Primary Flying training students to meet internationally acceptable standard \u2022 Made remarkable changes in the Captaincy. Aircraft Type rating and Basic Transport Flying Courses by introducing an Enhanced Crew Training (ECT) concept with Course Effectiveness and Efficiency as the Cardinal Focus \u2022 Ilis tenureas GroupTraining Officerfurther witnessed remarkable improvement in thestandardoftraining in theNAFFlying TrainingSchool. Group Captain Ihenachor is a Training Captain and Functional Check Pilot on DO 228\/ \u2022 He conducts flight examinations for both NAF and Civil Pilot on behalf ofNigerian Civil Aviation Authority thereby uplifting the standard of pilots in Nigeria. \u2022 He developed the Check list for Flight Operations for the Dornier 228 Aircraft and presided over the evolution of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Disaster Reaction Unit (DRU) in support ol’the overall National Emergency Management plan for Nigeria Other Contributions to the Society \u2022 Ilas taken part several times in search and rescue operations in Nigeria. \u2022 OAU Peace Keeping in Chad, where he bagged an OAU Peace Keeping Award. \u2022 Air Lift Operations for ECOMOG \u2022 Resource Person for the UK Sponsored Bournemouth University Disaster Management Course Feb 2005 at Jaji Kaduna \u2022 Contact Person for the USA Defence Assistance Programme to Nigeria \u2022 Numerous national Military assignments \u2022 Apart of Nigerian Military Team that assisted Gambia to establish its military organisation \u2022 Fellow of Asian Pacific Centre for Security Studies Honolulu Hawaii \u2022 Attended various courses and seminars on Counter Terrorism \u2022 Attracted a lot of Community Sell”Help Projects to his community in spile of his being in the military. He is not detached from progressive programmes in the society, especially where his roots are based. Ilis connections have helped his immediate state to link up with an International Agency which is sponsoring HIV\/AIDS Campaign. Group Captain O.F .Ihenachor is happily married with four children. 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