Harun Demirtas
Harun served in the Turkish Air Force as a fighter and instructor pilot for twenty-six years during which he amassed 3000 flight and SIM 700 hours mainly on F-4 Phantom and T-38 Talon. Harun participated in planning and execution phase of several national and NATO-led exercise. During his career, He served as a Flight Safety Officer, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander and Evaluation & Inspection Branch Head.
He also qualified Electronic Warfare and Air to Land Integration SME as well as experienced Flight Instructor Pilot. Other participation includes FWIC, Advanced Command & Staff Course in UK, Joint and Combined War Fighting School in US.
Harun had valuable experience with a variety of missions ranging from all kind of Air to Air and Air to Ground including COMAO as a planner and fighter pilot. He served as Chairman of NATO Air & Missile Committee Working Group at NATO HQ in Belgium where he was responsible for preparation of the highest-level NATO Air & Missile Defense Policy.
He currently works Head of Training at ITTC, holds Canadian ATPL, and successfully serves as Instructor Pilot in Fighter Lead-In Training.