Hocine Senoussi

Biography

Hocine Senoussi, born February 8, 1935 in western Algeria, joined the ALN following the student strike of 1956. In 1957, he was sent to Cairo in Egypt, for a first internship as a fighter pilot in the School . from the air of Bilbeis (Egypt).

Graduating from this school in 1959, he continued his training at the Baghdad military academy on Ilyushin Il-28 bombers. In 1961, he was selected for additional training on helicopters under the leadership of Lieutenant Said Ait Messaoudène in Bichek-Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet Union in the large training center. After independence, in 1962, he directed the first helicopter pilot school in Chéraga then the military air school in Laghouat. He was then mil...