LIEUTENANT COLONEL (U) PG MOHD ZULHUSMI BIN PG MOHD ROSLAN
Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pg Mohd Zulhusmi Bin Pg Mohd Roslan started his career with the Royal Brunei Armed Forces in May 2003 and completed his 6 months Basic Military Training at the RBAF Training Institute, Penanjong that year. He was later commissioned after completing his Initial Officer Training at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell, United Kingdom and received the award as Best Foreign Commonwealth Officer.
He then underwent Basic Flying Training with the Royal Brunei Air Force in 2005 before being posted to his Operational Flying Squadron (No 1 Sqn) in 2007. Along his career as a pilot, he has flown the Pilatus PC-7MKII, Bell 206B Jet Ranger, Bell 212, CT4-B and CASA CN235. In 2009, he completed his Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) course at BAE Systems, Australia and returned to instruct on the PC-7MKII. He was also awarded the qualification as Formation Aerobatic Leader from the Empire Test Pilot School in 2011.
Throughout his career, Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pg Mohd Zulhusmi has held various appointments starting with Operational Helicopter Pilot in 2007, Qualified Fixed-Wing Instructor (QFI) 2009, Flight Commander Training (FCT) in 2010, Officer Commanding No 63 Sqn Flying Training School in 2014, Officer Commanding No 15 Sqn in 2017, Fixed-Wing Standards, RBAirF (2nd Post) in 2017, Directing Staff at the Leadership and Management Centre, Defence Academy RBAF in 2019 and 2IC No 7 Wing, RBAirF in 2020. He later took command as Commanding Officer, No 7 Wing, RBAirF in February 2021.
Throughout his service, Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pg Mohd Zulhusmi has had the opportunity to attend various courses both locally and internationally and has been involved with various conferences, seminars, forums and exercises. Career highlights include, Brunei Darussalam National Plan of Action for IUU, ASEAN Air Chief Conference (Singapore), Global Air Chief Conference (UK), Asia-Pacific Aviation Safety SME Course (US), PC-7 Tuning & IOS operator course (Canada), Asia Pacific Regional EEZ, ACDFIM and ADMM-Plus HADR/MMEX.
Staff training has included the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Junior Staff Course in 2013 and the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College, Singapore in 2019. During his time in Singapore, he received his Graduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and completed a Strategic Communications Course under the Singapore Management University (SMU).
Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pg Mohd Zulhusmi is married to Viviana Fernanda Afonso Binti Metussin and is blessed with one son, Ak Mohd Rafael.
