Kenya Air Force - Commanders

Commanders

The following officers have been in command of the Kenya Air Force:

• 12 December 1964 Group Captain I S Stockwell CBE DFC RAF
• 22 February 1967 Group Captain F Rothwell DFC TD RAF
• 9 August 1971 Group Captain David John Edwards CBE AFC RAF
• 17 April 1973 Colonel Dedan Gichuru
• 27 June 1980 Major General P M Kariuki
• 1982 Major General Mohamoud Mohamed (as commander of the 82 Air Force)
• 27 February 1986 Major General Dedan N Gichuru (as commander of the 82 Air Force)
• 10 May 1989 Major General D K Wachira
• 28 June 1994 Major General N L Leshan
• 1 December 2000 Major General S K Muttai
• 27 November 2003 Major General J W Karangi
• 10 August 2005 Major General Harold M Tangai
• 13 July 2011 Major General Joff Otieno