Glen Braz

He joined the RAAF through the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1987 and gained his pilot's wings in 1991.

[4] Following lead-in fighter training and conversion to the General Dynamics F-111C aircraft, Braz was posted to No.

He qualified as a flying instructor in 1997, and subsequently instructed on the Pilatus PC-9 trainer aircraft and the Macchi MB-326H lead-in-fighter.

[10] Braz was posted to the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. later in 2011, where he served as Air Staff Officer Plans and Operations.

[2][3][11] Braz was responsible for six F/A-18F Super Hornet strike aircraft (replaced by F/A-18A Hornets in March), a E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, one KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport and 400 personnel in conducting operations against the Islamic State.

[11][13] During the six-month deployment, the Air Task Group dropped 152,500 pounds (69,200 kg) of explosive ordnance in 277 airstrikes.

He became commander Air Force Training Group RAAF in 2017 and, during his two-year tenure, Braz oversaw the replacement of the Pilatus PC-9 with the Pilatus PC-21 for flying training, the centralisation of initial officer aviation training at RAAF East Sale, and significant reforms to Professional Military Education in the RAAF, which included the establishment of the Air Academy and the Ground Academy.