Alwan Hassoun Explained

Honorific Prefix:Major General
Alwan Hassoon Alwan Al-Abousi
Birth Date:12 December 1944
Birth Place:Basra
Nickname:Al-Abousi
Allegiance: Iraq
Serviceyears:1965–2003
Rank: Major General
Commands:Director and deputy commander of Iraqi air force training early 1988–1989 and 1995–1996.
Dean of the national defense for higher political and military studies 1989–1993.
commander of air force administration 1993–1994.
Wing commander of Sukhoi-22 Kirkuk Air Base 1978–1981
Base commander Kirkuk Air Base 1981–1983.
Base commander Shaibah Air Base 1983–1984
Base commander Habbaniyah Air Base1985-1988
Veterans Service (strategic reserves) 1997.
Laterwork:Lawyer

Alwan Hassoon Alwan Al-Abousi (born December 12, 1944) is a retired Iraqi Air Force Major General. He was born in Basra, Iraq and attended to join the Iraqi Air Force Academy in 1961 and was commissioned as a MiG-17 fighter pilot in 1965. He graduated with a B.Sc in Aviation Science from the Egyptian Air Force Academy in 1970. Subsequently, he received an MA in military science from the Iraqi Staff College at Al-Bakr University. His foreign military training includes training in Egypt, India, Russia, France, and Greece. During the Iran–Iraq War, he served as commander of multiple squadrons, groups, and air bases. Late in the war, he became the director and deputy commander of air force training. In the early 1990s, General Abousi became the dean of the national defense for higher political and military studies, and later the commander of air force administration.

Military biography

Major General Alwan Al-Abousi Almost participated in all the wars fought by the Iraqi Air Force, 1967 Six-Day War, Iraqi army movements in national security 1974–1975, the first Persian Gulf War September 1980 to August 1988, and the Gulf War 2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991) operation Desert Storm was a war waged by coalition forces from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

Other work

He became a lawyer after he studied and graduated from Baghdad University, and author of books in the history of the Iraqi AF since its inception on April 22, 1931 until 2003 capabilities and strategic roles to the Iraqi Air Force, When we embrace the sky, Fighter pilot diary and others.

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