David Evans (ofishin RAAF)

Air Marshal **Selwyn David Evans**, AC , DSO , Ƙungiyar AFC (3)&nbsp;Yuni 1925&nbsp;– 2&nbsp;Satumba 2020) babban kwamandan rundunar sojin sama ta Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), kuma marubuci kuma mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Hafsan Sojojin Sama daga 1982 zuwa 1985. Bayan barin RAAF, ya buga takardu biyu na soja, *A Fatal Rivalry: Australia's Defense at Risk* and *War: A Matter of Principles*, da kuma tarihin rayuwarsa.

Bayan ya shiga rundunar sojin sama a shekarar 1943, Evans ya kammala karatunsa a makarantar koyon tukin jirgin sama a matsayin matukin jirgin sama, kuma yana komawa Beaufort a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya.&nbsp;Ya ƙare a karo na biyu. Ya sami mukamin jami'in matukin jirgi a shekarar 1947. Daga 1948 zuwa 1949, ya kasance memba na rundunar sojojin Australiya da ke aiki da jigilar jiragen sama  Dakota a Berlin Airlift . Ya kasance mai koyar da tukin jirgi a farkon shekarun 1950, kafin ya zama kyaftin na VIP tare da Jirgin Gwamna Janar a shekarar 1954. Aikinsa a cikin jirgin ya sa ya sami Air Force Cross a shekarar 1957. A shekarun 1960, an tura Evans sau biyu zuwa matsayi na ɗaya.nbsp;Rundunar Soja ta 2, tana shawagi da jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu na Canberra, da farko a matsayin kwamandan jirgin sama lokacin da rundunar ke da hedikwata a Malaysia daga 1960 zuwa 1962, sannan a matsayin kwamandanta a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam daga 1967 zuwa 1968. Canberras sun sami daidaito sosai kan ayyukan bama-bamai a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, kuma an ba shi Umarnin Aiki Mai Kyau bayan kammala rangadinsa a Vietnam.

Evans ya riƙe manyan mukamai a farkon shekarun 1970 kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta Amberley daga 1975 zuwa 1977. An ƙara masa girma zuwa mataimakin shugaban rundunar sojojin sama, sannan ya zama Babban Jami'in Ayyukan Sojojin Sama. A wannan matsayin, ya yi aiki don inganta dabarun RAAF don kare Australiya, don amfani da "gibin iska da teku" gaba ɗaya kan hanyoyin arewa zuwa nahiyar. An naɗa shi Jami'in Order of Australia a 1981, ya kasance Babban Jami'in Ayyuka da Tsare-tsare na Rundunar Tsaro ta Australiya (ADF) kafin a ƙara masa matsayi zuwa shugaban rundunar sojojin sama da kuma Babban Hafsan Sojojin Sama a watan Afrilu.&nbsp;1982. A matsayinsa na shugaban rundunar sojin sama, ya mayar da hankali kan ɗabi'a, koyarwar ƙarfin sararin samaniya, da kuma inganta ƙarfin tsaro a arewacin Ostiraliya. An ɗaga shi zuwa Abokin Tawagar Ostiraliya a shekarar 1984.

Bayan ya yi ritaya daga RAAF a watan Mayun 1985, Evans ya fara rubutu da lacca kan harkokin tsaro, sannan ya tsaya takarar siyasa a fannin tarayya. Ya kasance memba na kwamitin gudanarwa kuma mai ba da shawara kan tsaro ga British Aerospace Australia daga 1990 zuwa 2009, kuma shugaban Hukumar Babban Birnin Tarayya daga 1997 zuwa 2003. A shekarar 2001, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Karni bisa ayyukan da ya yi wa ADF da al'ummar Canberra.

## Farkon aikina
An haifi Selwyn Evans, wanda aka fi sani da sunan tsakiya David, a unguwar Paddington da ke Sydney a ranar 3 ga watan Disamba.&nbsp;Yuni 1925.  Ɗan ɗan sanda Selwyn Douglas Evans da matarsa Eileen, David ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Marist Brothers da ke Mosman .   A lokacin da aka ayyana yaƙi, ya bi rahotannin sojojin kawance a lokacin Yaƙin Burtaniya kuma ya yanke shawarar cewa, da zarar ya girma, zai yi aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi.  Daga baya ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fara ɗauka a rundunar horar da jiragen sama, wanda aka kafa a 1941 don samar da horo na asali ga matasa 'yan shekara 16 zuwa 18 waɗanda burinsu shine su zama ma'aikatan jirgin sama a rundunar sojojin sama ta Royal Australia . Bayan ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin ma'aikacin banki, Evans ya shiga RAAF a ranar 5 ga Satumba.&nbsp;Yuni 1943.   Ya sami horo a ƙarƙashin Tsarin Horar da Jiragen Sama na Empire, da farko a No.&nbsp;Makarantar Horarwa ta Farko ta 2 a Bradfield Park, Sydney, sannan a No.nbsp;Makarantar Horar da Jiragen Sama ta Firamare ta 5 a Narromine, New South Wales, kuma a ƙarshe a No.nbsp;Makarantar Horar da Jiragen Sama ta 8 da ke Bundaberg, Queensland.   Bayan kammala karatunsa a matsayin matukin jirgi mai mukamin sajan, an naɗa shi a watan Oktoban 1944 a matsayin ma'aikacin jirgin sama mai lamba 1.&nbsp;1 Makarantar Air Observer da ke Evans Head, New South Wales.   An ƙara wa Evans matsayi zuwa sajan jirgin sama, yana tsakiyar wani kwas na canza bama-bamai na Bristol Beaufort a No.nbsp;1 Sashen Horarwa na Aiki a East Sale, Victoria, lokacin da yaƙin ya ƙare a ranar 14nbsp;Agusta 1945. Aikinsa na Sojan Sama ya kamata ya ƙare a lokacin, domin an shirya shi da a kori sojoji tare da dubban sauran sojoji a lokacin yaƙi. Evans ya ƙuduri aniyar ci gaba da zama kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa hedikwatar RAAF da ke Melbourne don kai ƙararsa ga jami'in da ke da alhakin korarsa. Ya sami kunnen tausayi kuma cikin 'yan kwanaki aka mayar da shi No.nbsp;Rundunar Soja ta 38, wadda ya yi amfani da ita wajen jigilar jiragen sama kirar C-47 Dakota zuwa Japan a cikin wani jirgin jigilar kaya na yau da kullun tsakanin Oktoba 1945 da Mayu 1948.  

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