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Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Air Force
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Lieutenant Colonel Sigitas GUDEIKA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20 March 1967. | | PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaliningrad, Russian Federation. | | FAMILY | Married to Laima, and has two sons, Justas and Mantas. |
| EDUCATIONAL BACGRAOUND | 1985 | The 36-st Secondary School of Kaunas, Lithuania; | 1990 | Kiev Military Aviation Engineerig Academy, Ukraine; | 1997 | Flight Safety Officer Course, France; | 1998 | International Legal Studies, Lithuania; | 1999 | International Staff Officers Orientation Course, Netherland; | 2000, 2001 | Englisch language Courses, Lithuania; | 2003 | Baltic Defence College,Joint Command and Staff Course, Estonia. | 2004 | Management Accounting Course, Lithuania; | 2004 | Higer Level Englisch Language Course, UK; | 2005 | NATO Air Logistic Training Course, Germany; | 2005 | "Sosiety Public Relations" Courses, Lithuania. | 2007 | Baltic Defence College, Higher Command Studies Course, Estonia. |
| | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | | 14 May 1992 – 14 Jan 1993 | Senior Technician of Aviation Equipment Unit, Air Base, LAF; | | 15 Jan 1993 – 28 Feb 1993 | Commander of Aviation Equipment Unit, Air Base, LAF; | | 01 March 1993–01 May1994 | Engineer of Aviation Equipment, Section of Electric Devices and Equipment, Engineering Servise, LAF HQ; | | 02 May 1994 – 31 Dec 1995 | Engineer of Electricity Systems and Electric Devices, Section of Electric Devices and Equipment, Engineering Service, LAF HQ; | | 15 Sep 1996 – 14 Sep 1999 | Senior Engineer of Aircraft Electricity Systems and Electric Devices, Weaponry and Engineering Exploatation Section, LAF HQ; | | 15 Sep 1999 – 23 Aug 2000 | Senior Engineer of Avionics, Weaponry and Engineering Section, LAF HQ; | | 24 Aug 2000 – 19 May 2002 | Commander of Weaponry and Engineering Section A4 Logistics Department, LAF HQ; | | 20 May 2002 – 05 Sep 2002 | Deputy Commander of A4 Logistics Department, LAF, HQ; | | 06 Sep 2002 – 13 July 2003 | Officer of Personnel Reserve, Training and Doctrines Command, Lithuania Armed Forces; | | 14 Jul 2003 – 01 May 2006 | Commander of A4 Logistics Department-Deputy Chief of Staff of Lithuanian AF HQ; | | As of 02 May 2006 | Chief of Staff of Lithuanian Air Force. |
| | FLIGHT EXPERIENCE | 1993 – 2006 | Specialist of national Aviation-Engineer ( flying Engineer); | 1995 – 2006 | Flying Engineer of Civil Aviation; | | Third Rank, Flying Engineer; | | | Flight hours -500 ; | | | Aircraft flying: Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17. |
| | AWARDS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDE | 2001 | Lithuanian Armed Forces Level Medal "For Honour"; | 2004 | Commemorative Medal of Lithuania's accession to NATO; | 2005 | Present from the President of the Respublic of Lithuania; | 2006 | Lithuanian Armed Forces Level Medal "For Honour"; | 2007 | Lithuanian Defence Ministry Level Medal "For Merit"; | | 2008 | "Darius ir Girenas" medal. |
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