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  • NAF graduates instructor pilots

    NAF graduates instructor pilots

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated the first set of Super Mushshak Instructor Pilots. 
    The conversion of the pilots is expected to enhance pilot training which will in turn impact positively on the operational effectiveness of the NAF especially in the fight against insurgency and other criminalities within the country. 
    In a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, the NAF said the training will further boost the training of young pilots as 30 officers have already been selected to commence training with the newly trained Instructor Pilots.  
    While presenting certificates to the new graduating Instructor Pilots, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar stated that training has remained a major means of transformation over the ages. According to him, the importance of training informed the choice of ‘human capacity development through robust and result-oriented training for enhanced professional performance’ as the first key driver to the attainment of his vision for the Nigerian Air Force. 
    It will be recalled that the Nigerian Air Force inducted the Super Mushshak aircraft into the NAF inventory on 5 December 2016 to address the challenge of training pilots. The graduation marked the final takeover of the aircraft as Nigerian pilots can now fly and train other student pilots. 
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  • NAF destroys Boko Haram camp in Gwoza

    NAF destroys Boko Haram camp in Gwoza

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday struck a Boko Haram Terrorist location at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain general area about 10km South-west of Gwoza in Northern Borno.
    The intelligence report by Sister surface forces had it that the remnants of fleeing insurgents were gathered at the location.
    The report was confirmed by NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft before combat platforms were called in to strike the location.
    The Director Of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said follow-up battle damage assessment confirmed that the air attack was successful as shown by the declassified footage of the operation. 

  • Boko Haram attacks NAF plane carrying medical supply in Gwoza

    Boko Haram attacks NAF plane carrying medical supply in Gwoza

    …NAF neutralises insurgents

     

    A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter conveying personnel on medical outreach programme at Gwoza Thursday came under attack by members of the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) group.

    The Mi-17 helicopter was shot at several times by the insurgents however there was no casualty except for an airman that sustained bullet wound.

    The helicopter had departed Maiduguri enroute Gwoza venue of a 2-day medical outreach programme when it came under attack by the insurgents.  Nevertheless, the pilot was able to fly the helicopter safely to and from its destination to enable the outreach programme continue uninterrupted.

    According to the Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa following the attack, the NAF immediately scrambled a fighter aircraft and helicopter gunship to the location between Bama and Gwoza to neutralise the threat. “Intelligent report by ground troops confirmed scores of BHTs were killed, signifying that the air attack on the threat location was successful,” he said.

    The NAF has been conducting medical outreach in the North East as part of its humanitarian support to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with the latest being the  Gwoza outreach.

     

  • NAF destroys new Boko Haram camp, repel attack on troops

    NAF destroys new Boko Haram camp, repel attack on troops

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday destroyed a new camp being operated by the Boko Haram sect between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in northern Borno State.

    The attack which was conducted overnight followed an intelligence report that survivors of a similar NAF Mi-17 helicopter attack on August 20 had converged at the new location.

    According to the Director, NAF Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, the post-strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) mission also revealed that surviving Boko Haram insurgents converged at the new location.

    This was followed up by series of follow-up Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that led to the latest strike.

    Famuyiwa said: “The air assault is expected to further degrade the capability of the insurgents while fostering the creation of the necessary enablement for own ground troops to operate.”

    In another operation, NAF Alpha Jets have helped to repel an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on troops of 153 Battalion who were on fighting patrol at Ala Lumshe.

    The troops had come under attack from the insurgents about 4km south of Marte when the Alpha Jets were called-in to dislodge the insurgents.

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