From 28 August 1963 to 21 June 1966, Salaudeen Latinwo attended basic and advanced military training in Uetersen, West Germany, where he trained as an Air Force officer.
26 Facts About Salaudeen Latinwo
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In West Germany, Salaudeen Latinwo attended training for his flying wings and attended the College of Navigation, West Germany, for his certificate in air navigation, which he completed in 1966.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1966 upon his arrival from West Germany to Nigeria.
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In 1972, Salaudeen Latinwo attended a six-month conversion training on Ilyushin Il-28 fighter-bomber aircraft in Cairo, Egypt, and attended the Fokker F-27 aircraft management course in Amsterdam.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was promoted to the rank of captain in 1972.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was appointed director of training at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters between 1972 and 1974.
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Salaudeen Latinwo proceeded to the Junior Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom in 1974 for further military training.
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In 1975, Salaudeen Latinwo received type rating training on the C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was appointed director of operations at the headquarters of the Nigerian Air force between 1975 and 1977.
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In 1976, Salaudeen Latinwo attended the Command and Staff College, Jaji, Nigeria.
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From 1978 to 1979, Salaudeen Latinwo was appointed base commander at Nigerian Air Force Base Kaduna.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was promoted to the rank of wing commander in 1979.
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In 1981, Salaudeen Latinwo was promoted to the rank of group captain.
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When Major-General Ibrahim Babangida took power in 1985 as military president of Nigeria, Salaudeen Latinwo was appointed as the new commander of the Directorate of Administration at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria, until he retired from the Nigerian Air force in March 1986.
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In 2001, when President Olusegun Obasanjo approved the composition of the boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Salaudeen Latinwo was named as a board member of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
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In 2008, Salaudeen Latinwo was appointed by President Umaru Yar'Adua as the chairman for Kwara State for the National Committee on Mineral Resources and Environmental Compliance.
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Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo was born in 1943 into the famously and mega rich Aliu Onaolapo Olatinwo family in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was one of 43 children of 10 wives of his father Aliu Olatinwo.
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Salaudeen Latinwo attended St Marks Primary School from 1950 to 1956 in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Salaudeen Latinwo attended Offa Grammar School from 1957 to 1961, where he obtained his West African School Certificate.
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In 1961, Salaudeen Latinwo joined the Northern Nigeria Civil Service, and worked at the Northern Nigeria Ministry of Education until 1963.
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Salaudeen Latinwo went to the National Institute of Administration in the United Kingdom in 1962 for an executive officers' course, and rose to the rank of assistant chief executive officer in the then Northern Nigeria Ministry of Education.
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Salaudeen Latinwo was recruited into the Nigerian Air Force in 1963 to represent the northern part of the country.
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In 1971, Salaudeen Latinwo married Mercy Aganga, with whom he had four children.
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Salaudeen Latinwo died in London, England, on 12 August 2023, at the age of 80.
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Salaudeen Latinwo has received several awards and decorated with many military medals, including:.