The incident occurred on Thursday at about 1am in Beji community, where a military operation was ongoing
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The location lies between Tumbum Rego and Malkonory and is about 25km from Kangarwa, where the ground troops are currently harboured
The Boko Haram terrorists, according to information provided by the spokesperson of the NAF, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, were hiding under trees prior to their attacking the ground troops involved in Operation Lafiya Dole
Those honoured with the recent projects are Flight Lieutenant Ebitimi Owei and Flight Sergeant Awodi Emmanuel Adakole, who died on October 10, 2015 and August 25, 2015 respectively
Peterside said this when he led a delegation of the Management of the Agency to the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters to seek collaborative ways of dealing with the rising cases of piracy in the Nigerian waters
he recent trial of high profile cases by the present administration over alleged corrupt practices has generated a lot of interest and comments
This exercise will involve the usage of the C-130 Hercules Aircraft by the Nigerian Air Force and the 201 Heavy Airlift Group
Amao said the ongoing and sustained air operations and surveillance within the Theatre of operation in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States were intensified between December 2015 and January 2016 towards ending the Boko Haram menace
There were said to have been fundamental breaches associated with the procurements by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Nigerian Air Force
The senior officers elevated to the rank of Air Commodore include Group Captains Emmanuel Udenyi, Aliyu Bello, Iboro Etukudo, Chiebonam Ozougwu, Abidemi Marquis, Abubakar Liman, Pius Oahimire, Kabiru Aliyu, Ubrufih Uzezi, Nkem Aguiyi, Sule Lawal and Paul Masiyer.
“Just to mention a few, we have in the month degraded the terrorists logistics in the Sambisa forest.”
Amao said NAF had also destroyed two suspected terrorists camps in the forest
The recent air operation against the BHTs was commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, from NAF reconnaissance aircraft, the King Air 350i
The Nigerian Air Force in an effort to elicit more support from the civil populace and create more security awareness…
A concerted effort by the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Army has led to the recapture of Dikwa town…
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Adesola Amosu said some of these was in the area of continuation of fleet, logistics and infrastructural renewal, which include acquisition of new aircraft like the King Air 350, Mi- Series Helicopter Gunship, UAVs and DA-42 Diamond AircraftChief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Adesola Amosu said some of these was in the area of continuation of fleet, logistics and infrastructural renewal, which include acquisition of new aircraft like the King Air 350, Mi- Series Helicopter Gunship, UAVs and DA-42 Diamond Aircraft
The new government to be headed by Muhammadu Buhari has better strategy of defeating Boko Haram
It was learnt that this followed the resilience of the Boko Haram members who have been taken on by a combination of the military and police operatives
The Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has applauded the Nigerian Air Force, their training partners and Chief of Air Staff, for producing the first set of helicopter pilots in the country.
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) on Monday urged the Federal and Lagos State Governments to investigate and account for the identities of the helicopter and strange plane which flew low over the collapsed building at Synagogue church four times within 24 minutes.
The Federal Government had of recent spent billions of naira improving facilities at the airport and some others around the country