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Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Tactical Air Force

Major General Nikolaos Kokkonis

Major General Nikolaos Kokkonis is the Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Tactical Air Force (HTAF).

He is the direct assistant of the Chief and is also responsible for the proper operation of the Tactical Air Force Headquarters.

He was born in Larisa.

Education

He joined the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 1986 and graduated in 1990, as a 2nd Lieutenant.

He graduated from:

  • Supreme Joint War College
  • Air War College / Junior Officers
  • NCAAA TOPFAS Operational Planning Tool School
  • NCAAA TOPFAS Campaign Assessment Tool Course
  • USAF Joint Aviation Electronic Warfare School
  • USA Defense Language Institute
  • NATO School Oberamergau C2 Warfare and Information Operations
  • Test Pilots School
  • Instructors school
  • F-16 Flight Instructors Course
  • Targets Vulnerability School
  • COMAO Leadership School
  • Instruments Flight Training School
  • Hellenic Army Special Forces Survival School
  • Air to Ground Operations School
  • Water Survival School
  • Deputy Commanders and Commanders Seminars
  • Senior Officers Seminar

He speaks English.

Assignements

  • March 2024: Deputy Chief of HTAF
  • May 2022 – March 2024: Director of Integrated Air and Missile Defence Center of Excellence
  • July 2020 – May 2022: Commander of the Air Tactics Center (ATC)
  • July 2019 – July 2020: Deputy Commander of the ATC
  • July 2017 – July 2019: Section Head at HTAF Operational Planning – Operations Directorate (HTAF/A1/3)
  • November 2015 – July 2017: Director of Force Protection Directorate at 111 Combat Wing (CW)
  • March 2015 – November 2015: Section Head at HTAF Operational Planning – Operations Directorate (HTAF/A1/3)
  • August 2014 – March 2-15: Section Head at HTAF Operational Planning – Operations Directorate (HTAF/A1/2)
  • July 2011 – August 2014: Staff Officer at Plans & Policy Division and Section Head at Balkans Operational Assessment Branch in Allied Joint Force Command Naples
  • September 2010 – July 2011: Supreme Joint War College
  • July 2008 – September 2010: Commander of 111CW/Operational Conversion Unit
  • July 2006 – July 2008: Operations Officer at 111CW/ Operational Conversion Unit
  • August 2005 – July 2006: 111CW/330 Squadron’s Flight Commander
  • September 2004 – August 2005: Staff Officer of 111CW Standardization – Evaluation Office
  • December 2002 – September 2004: 111CW/347 Squadron’s Flight Commander
  • November 1997 – December 2002: Pilot at 111CW/347 Squadron
  • March 1996 – November 1997: Pilot at 110CW/346 Squadron
  • July 1995 – March 1996: Trainee at 111CW/Operational Conversion Unit
  • September 1992 – July 1995: Pilot at 116CW/335 Squadron
  • February 1992 – September 1992: Pilot at 110CW/347 Squadron
  • June 1991 – February 1992: Trainee at 115CW/Operational Conversion Unit
  • June 1990 – June 1991: Trainee at 120 Air Training Wing

Flight Experience

He has more than 3700 flight hours.
He has flown with T-41D, T-37B/C, T-2E, A-7H/E and F-16 Block 30/50 aircraft.

Promotions

  • 2nd Lieutenant: 12/06/1990
  • 1st Lieutenant: 30/06/1993
  • Captain: 31/07/1997
  • Major: 04/07/2002
  • Lt. Colonel: 27/04/2009
  • Colonel: 20/03/2015
  • Brigadier General: 10/03/2022
  • Major General: 02/03/2024

Medals-Decorations

  • Commander of the Order of Honor
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
  • Medal of Military Merit 1st Class
  • Air Force Formation Command Medal 3rd Class
  • Air force Meritorious Command Medal 1ST Class
  • Staff Officer Service Commendation Medal 2nd Class
  • Medal for the Participation to the NATO Operation