Altay Mehdiyev

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Altay Mehdiyev
Commander of Azerbaijani Air Forces
In office
May 12, 2009 – 18 November 2013
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byRail Rzayev
Succeeded byRamiz Tahirov
Military service
Branch/service 
Major General

Major General Altay Ramazan oglu Mehdiyev (Azerbaijani: Altay Ramazan oğlu Mehdiyev) was the Commander of Azerbaijani Air Forces.[1]

Career

General Mehdiev originates from the city of Lankaran.[2]

Air force commander

After the assassination of the Commander of Azerbaijani Air Force,

Nakhchivan.[1][3] He's considered to be a professional, well trained for air force operations.[4]

Mehdiyev was awarded with Veten Ughrunda Medal (In the Name of Motherland) for service to his country on June 22, 2006.[5]

Dismissal

He was dismissed on 18 November 2013. He was appointed to the post of rector of the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "General-mayor Altay Mehdiyev HHQ və HHM qoşunlarının komandanı təyin olunub" [General Major Altay Mehdiyev was appointed the Commander of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Force]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. ^ "Yeni nazir bir neçə nəfəri də işdən qovdu - (Yenilənib 10:29)". virtualaz.org. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijani Commander's Assassination may have been Inside Job" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  4. ^ "ALTAY MEHDİYEV HƏRBİ HAVA QÜVVƏLƏRİ və HAVA HÜCUMUNDAN MÜDAFİƏ QOŞUNLARININ KOMANDAN ƏVƏZİ TƏYİN OLUNUB" [Altay Mehdiyev was appointed acting Commander of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Force] (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  5. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələrinin hərbi qulluqçularının təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI" [Decree of President of Azerbaijan Republic on Awarding Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  6. ^ "Алтай Мехтиев получил новую должность". Oxu.Az (in Russian). 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-26.