Colonel Konstantinos Zolotas is the Commander of the Hellenic Air Force Air Tactics Centre (HAFATC). He graduated from the Hellenic Air Force Academy (HAFA) with a BSc in Aeronautics in 1989. Colonel Zolotas is also studying ‘European Civilization’ towards a BSc course at the Hellenic Open University (HAP) and is a graduate of the HAF Air Tactics Centre A-G Operations course. He is an F-16 instructor and functional check flight pilot, and he is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours in the F-104 and F-16 aircraft. He has served as a director of operations and as commander subsequently in the 347 Fighter Squadron from 2005 till 2009 and 115 Combat Wing’s Director of Operations from 2014 till 2016. Prior to assuming his current position, the Colonel served as a staff officer and Head Department at the A1 – Operations Planning Division of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff (HAFGS).