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Samuel Turyagyenda

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Nationality
  
Ugandan

Home town
  
Rukungiri

Ethnicity
  
Mukiga

Name
  
Samuel Turyagyenda


Citizenship
  
Uganda

Residence
  
Entebbe, Uganda

Years active
  
1973 - present

Known for
  
Military

Born
  
1952 (age 62–63)
Uganda

Occupation
  
Military Officer & Pilot

Titles
  
Uganda People's Defence Force

Alma mater
  
Soviet Union, Libya, Bell Helicopter

Major General Samuel Turyagyenda is a Uganda police officer, professional pilot and army officer. He currently serves as the Commander of the Air Force in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). He was appointed to that position in May 2013, having been Deputy Commander of the Uganda Air Force, immediately prior to his appointment.

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Background and training

Samuel Turyagyenda was born in Rukungiri District in 1952. From 1973 until 1976, he studied in the former Soviet Union, graduating with a Diploma in Commercial Civil Aviation, while a member of the Uganda Police Force. In 1986, he studied in Libya, taking a Conversion Course on MI-8/MI-17 helicopters. He also attended the Air Command and Staff Course at Maxwell Air Force Base, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Later, he undertook a refresher helicopter course in Kazan, Russia. He also attended a course on Commercial Rotorcraft in the United States of America, in 1997. Later he attended a Conversion/Transition Course at Bell Helicopter Training College in Hurst, Texas, United States.

Military career

Samuel Turyagyenda worked as a policeman, in the Uganda Police Force, from 1973 until 1985. In 1986, he transitioned into the National Resistance Army (NRA), without incident. In the Uganda military, he has served as the Squadron Commander of the MI-17 Helicopters, in the Uganda People's Defence Forces. He then became Acting Director of the Uganda Air Force. He was the Deputy Commander of Air Force at the rank of Brigadier, immediately prior to his promotion to Major General and appointment to his current position as Commander of the UPDF Air Force and Chief Pilot of the Presidential Helicopter.

Other responsibilities

He is married with five children. He is of the Christian faith.

References

Samuel Turyagyenda Wikipedia