Colonel Gökhan Gürakar graduated in 1996 from the TÜ Air Force Academy with a computer engineering degree. After undertaking SUPT in Columbus AFB, US, and F-16 training, he was posted in the 182 Squadron at Diyarbakır, TÜ. In 2005 he moved to the F-16 Training Squadron as a flight safety officer and instructor pilot. Between 2012 and 2016, he was assigned as an Operational Field Expert Analyst to the Battle Management System. During this period, he joined four CWIX exercises. From 2016 to 2021, he returned to active flight as Base Operation Chief of the 5th Main Jet Base at Merzifon. In 2021 he returned to TÜ AF HQ as Chief of the Air and Space Power Development Centre.