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WORK EXPERIENCE
ALPER GEZERAVCI
AIR FORCE INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
PERSONAL PROFILE
Gezeravc was born n 1979 n
S l fke. Mers n to a fam ly of
Yoruk or g n. After h s b rth, he
l ved n d fferent prov nces of
Turkey due to h s father's
profess on
SPECIALIZATION AREA
Alper Gezeraver (born December 2.
1979 n S l fke, Mers n) s a m l tary
p lot n the Turk sh A r Force, the
rst Turk sh astronaut n space and
the 610th person to go to space.
Accord ng to the February 13, 2021
dated Off c al Gazette dec s on, he
vas appo nted as a board member of
the Turk sh Space Agency
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FIGHTER PILOT
Turk sh A r Force
Gezeraver served as a f ghter p lot n the Turk sh A r
Force for 15years, fly ng many a rcraft nelud ng T-41, SF-
260, T- 37. T-38. F-5.KC-135 and F-16. He also worked as a
capta n p lot for Turk sh A rl nes for seven years. Most
recently. Gezeraver served as the Commander of the
Academ e W ng of the Standard zat on Squadronas the
respons ble personnel at the 10th Base Command Un t n
Adana.
ASTRONAUT
Turk sh Space Agency (TUA)
Gezeraver, who tra ned for 8 months for space travel.
entered a two weekquarant ne per od n Flor da before
launch ng w th the Ax 3 team. Gezeraver's Ax om Space
3 m ss on was scheduled to take place at 01.II p.m. onthe
n ght connect ng January 17, 2021 to January 18, 2024,
but Space X announced that the m ss on was postponed
to 00.19 p.m. on January 19, 2024. The launch took
place successfully at NASA's kennedy SpaceCenter n
Flor da.
USA, on January 19, 2021, at 00.19 (TSI).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Gezeraver rece ved h s bachelor's degree n Electron c
Eng neer ng from Istanbul A r Force Academy n 2001 and h s
master's degree from the A r Force Inst tute of Technology at
Wr ght Patterson A r Force Base n Dayton. Oh o.