Hocine Senoussi, born February 8, 1935 in western Algeria, joined the ALN following the student strike of 1956. In 1957, he was sent to Cairo in Egypt, for a first internship as a fighter pilot in the School .

from the air of Bilbeis (Egypt). Graduating from this school in 1959, he continued his training at the Baghdad military academy on Ilyushin Il-28 bombers. In 1961, he was selected for additional training on helicopters under the leadership of Lieutenant Said Ait Messaoudène in Bichek-Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet Union in the large training center.