Major General Alwan Hassoon Alwan Al-Abousi | |
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Nickname(s) | Al-Abousi |
Born | Basra | December 12, 1944
Allegiance | Iraq |
Service/ | Iraqi Air Force |
Years of service | 1965–2003 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | 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. |
Other work | 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.