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General Ziya Cemal KADIOĞLU

TURKISH AIR FORCE COMMANDER

General KADIOĞLU was born in Eskişehir in 1961. After completing elementary, middle, and high schools in Eskişehir, he joined Turkish Air Force Academy in 1978 and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1982.Upon graduating from combat readiness training at 2nd Main Jet Base Flight Training Center and 3rd Main Jet Base, he was assigned to 7th Main Jet Base as a wingman in 1984. Between the years of 1984-1993; he served as a wingman and instructor pilot at the 172nd and 173rd Squadrons at 7th Main Jet Base Command. From 1993 to 1995, he again served as an instructor pilot and operations officer at the 1st Main Jet Base 112th Squadron.In 1997, he graduated from Air War Academy, which he had joined in 1995. He was assigned as the Section Chief Officer for Operations Planning at the 1st Air Force Command. In the following years between 1998-2000 he served as the 3rd Cadet Squadron Commander at Air Force Academy, between the years 2000-2003 as the Chief Officer at the Operations Wing at... Read More
   Headline / COMMANDER OF THE AIR FORCE, GENERAL ZIYA CEMAL KADIOĞLU, ATTENDED THE TÜRKIYE-AZERBAIJAN-EGYPT TRIPARTITE EAGLE EXERCISE
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Publish Date 02 Jul 2026

Commander of the Air Force, General Ziya Cemal KADIOĞLU; Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander of the Air Force of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant General Namig ISLAMZADE; Commander of the Egyptian Air Force, Lieutenant General Amr Abdel Rahman SAQR; Deputy Joint Operations Commander (Air) of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Brigadier General Tamas BALI; and Commander of the Combat Air Force, General Rafet DALKIRAN, attended the Distinguished Observer Day of the Türkiye -Azerbaijan-Egypt Tripartite Eagle Exercise, which was conducted at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command (Konya) on July 01, 2026.