Fadjar Prasetyo
Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force
Assumed office
20 May 2020
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byACM Yuyu Sutisna
Commander Defense Territorial Joint Command II
In office
24 September 2019 – 26 May 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byImran Baidirus
Commander Air Operations Command I
In office
24 September 2018 – 24 September 2019
Preceded byNanang Santoso
Succeeded byMuhammad Khairil Lubis
Personal details
Born (1966-04-09) 9 April 1966
Jakarta, Indonesia
Military service
Allegiance Indonesia
Branch/service Indonesian Air Force
Years of service1988–present
Rank Air chief marshal

Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo (born 9 April 1966) is an Indonesian air chief marshal who is currently Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force.

Career

Fadjar was born in Jakarta on 9 April 1966 and graduated from the Indonesian Air Force Academy in 1988. He began his air force career as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot between 1990 and 1995 at Hasanuddin Air Base, then was reassigned to Halim Air Base where he became an aviation officer aboard Fokker F28 and Boeing 707 planes. He then piloted a Boeing 737[1][2]

Afterwards, he was assigned to the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia as a defense attache for air force. Other positions he had taken included being head of training of the air force and a wing commander at Halim. In 2016, he was appointed the commander at Halim Airbase, being ranked an air commodore by the end of his tenure, and between 2018 and 2019 he served as commander of operational zones 2 (2018) and 1 (2018–2019) of the airforce. Shortly before his appointment as Chief of Staff, he was joint commander of defensive region 2, serving directly under the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces.[2][3] During this period, he was promoted to air marshal in November 2019.[4]

He was appointed air force chief of staff on 20 May 2020, and received a promotion to a four-star rank (air chief marshal) alongside.[5] Shortly after he was sworn in, he released a 100-day program as chief of staff, which included among others managing the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In September 2020, Fadjar inaugurated a cyber unit (Satsiber) for the Indonesian Air Force.[7]

Foreign honours

Prasetyo was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia on 16 October 2023 for distinguished service to the Republic of Indonesia and Australia through strategic vision and promotion and enhancement of the military-to-military relationship between the two countries.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Hakim, Syaiful (20 May 2020). "Mengenal Marsekal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo yang menjabat KSAU". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Ramadhan, Ardito (20 May 2020). Galih, Bayu (ed.). "Marsekal Fadjar Prasetyo, Pemimpin Berbagai Operasi TNI AU yang Kini Menjabat KSAU". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Danlanud Halim : Promosi Jabatan Saya, Karena Kerja Keras Kalian Semua" (in Indonesian). Indonesian Air Force. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Djegadut, Rikard (22 November 2019). "51 Perwira Tinggi TNI Naik Pangkat, Marsdya TNI Fadjar Prasetyo Jadi Pangkogabwilhan II". indonews.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Adjie, Mochamad Fiqih Prawira (20 May 2020). "Air Force, Navy get new chiefs of staff". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Irawan, Gita (27 May 2020). Simanjuntak, Johnson (ed.). "Sambut New Normal, KSAU Marsekal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo Canangkan Program 100 Hari". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Yahya, Achmad Nasrudin (17 September 2020). Erdianto, Kristian (ed.). "Bentuk Peperangan Makin Tak Dapat Diprediksi, TNI AU Bentuk Satuan Siber". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Australian Gazette".
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