Khalif Isse Mudan

In 1974, he returned to the country and joined the Somali Military Forces, as a senior pilot in the Somali National Army, where he held various ranks until he received the rank of Major in 1977.^[3]

In the same year 1977, he was awarded a medal for bravery during the war between Somalia and Ethiopia, in which he achieved many successes as a military pilot.^[3]

In 1987 Khalif Isse Mudan received the rank of Colonel, and was appointed the Commander of the Air Force Base in Balli-doogle, a position he has held since 1990, and earned the rank of Brigadier General.^[3]

In 1990, Gen. Khalif Isse Mudan was appointed as the Commander of the Somali Air Force, a position he has held since 1991, when the central government of the country fell.^[3]

In the years 1991–1998, he worked on the reconciliation and peace of the North-East region, which is now known as Puntland, and in 1998 he became one of the founders of the Puntland government.^[3]

On 29 June 2006 Khalif Isse Mudan, as owner/operator of Mudan Airlines, signed a contract in Nairobi with Ali Mohamed Ghedi, Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), granting Mudan Airlines the right to transport weapons and ammunition from Ethiopia to Baidoa for the TFG.^[4]

Mudan died at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey, of COVID-19 on November 24, 2020.^[5]