In Memory Of Nigeria's Pioneer Top Gun: Air Vice Marshal John Nmadu Yisa-Doko
John Nmadu Yisa-Doko was born on 13 February 1942 to Paul Kolo Yisa and Sarah Dufia Yisa Doko in Niger State, Nigeria. Air Vice Marshal Yisa-Doko started his education at St. Peter's School, Doko in 1947 before moving to St. John's School in 1951 at Bida where he completed his primary education in 1955. After his primary school, he moved to Government College, Kaduna for his secondary education, graduating in 1961. He then moved on to the Federal Emergency Science School, Lagos in 1962. He enrolled into the NAF as a cadet in 1962 and was one of the pioneer officer cadets sent to the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force for pilot training between 1962 and 1964. On return from Ethiopia, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. He was amongst the first batch of pilots recruited to serve in the newly formed Nigerian Air Force and he became the first air commander of platoon, when the German technical assistance team concluded their mission to form the Nigerian Air F...