BACKGROUND

1.   Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Amesinlola was born on 5 November 1968 in Lagos State. He attended Bola Memorial Primary School, Ikeja and completed his primary school education at Baptist Primary School, Kosofe, Lagos. Thereafter, he proceeded to The Apostolic Church Grammar School, Ketu, Lagos and Kings’ College, Lagos. He is a member of 39th Regular Combatant Course, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.   

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND COURSES ATTENDED:

2.    The senior officer attended the following schools;

• Bsc (Hons) Physics from Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna: September 1991.
• Primary Flying Training, 401 Flying Training School, Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna, January 1997.
• MBA Air Transport Management Technology from Federal University of Technology Center for Continuing Education, Owerri: March 2004.
• Senior Staff Course, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji Kaduna: July 2005.
• Standard Air Traffic Control Course from Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria Kaduna: December 2007
• National Incident Management System, United States Emergency Management Institute, March 2009.
• Defence and Security Management, National Defence College, Abuja, January 2010.
• Civil-Military Cooperation in Airspace Management by International Civil Aviation Organisation Regional Headquarters, Nairobi: November 2013.
• MSc National Security Strategy, National Defence University, Washington DC, USA: June 2015.

APPOINMENTS HELD

3.     The senior officer has held the following appointments;

• Chief Instructor, Air Traffic Training Wing, 301 FTS, Kaduna: July - December 2005.
• Staff Officer Grade 1 Air Traffic Control, Directorate of Air Traffic Services, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Abuja: January - September 2009.
• Commander 235 Base Services Group, Nigerian Air Force Base, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State: February 2011 - August 2011.
• Military Airport Commandant, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano: September 2011 - January 2012.
• Military Airport Commandant, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja: January 2012 - April 2014
• Deputy Director Policy, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force: 13 July 2015 – 12 November 2015.
• Deputy Director Plans, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force: 12 November 2015 – 8 July 2017.
• Commandant, Air Traffic Services Training Centre, Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna: 14 - 28 July 2017.
• Director of Air Traffic Services, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force Base, Abuja: 31 July 2017 – 3 January 2022.
• Director of Plans, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force Base, Abuja: 4 January 2022 – 27 June 2023.
• Commandant, Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Center, Oshodi: 3 July 2023 – 9 September 2024.
• Chief of Transformation and Innovation, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force: 12 September 2024 to Date

HONOURS/AWARDS:  

• Distinguished Service Star. Fellow National War College Washington DC. Member
• Nigerian Institute of Management. Fellow International Institute of Professional Security.

MARITAL STATUS:  

4. He is married and blessed with children

HOBBIES:   

5. He loves playing badminton, listening to music and watching documentary films.