President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Air Force, and relations of five people who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash January 2 in Damasak, Borno State. The President mourned Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob (Pilot in Command), Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas (Co-Pilot), Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim (Flight Technician), Lance Corporal […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a building being used as meeting venue by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters near Baga in Northern Borno. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who annouced this in a statement […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it was expecting delivery of new fighter aircraft from both the United States and Italy to intensify its aerial campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. The aircraft being expected are 12 Super Tucano, which the United States said would not be ready until 2023 and 6 […]
Read More Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Muhammad Bello, yesterday, awarded a comprehensive scholarship to 15-year-old Miss Elizabeth Elijah, who was hit by last week Friday’s Air Force jet that crashed on her father’s farm. Though she speaks fluent English Language, she has been out of school for about five years due to the […]
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The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says one of the pilots who successfully ejected from one of the F-7Ni aircraft that had earlier crashed in the FCT, has passed on. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “It is with a heavy heart […]
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The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar has said that the force has set up a board of inquiry to unravel the reason behind the ill fated crash of the military jet that claimed the life of one of the pilot. This is President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday delegated the Chief of Staff, […]
Read More The Nigerian Airforce has confirmed that two of its aircraft taking part in rehearsals for Nigeria’s 58 independence anniversary have crashed in Abuja. A statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information said’, “I wish to confirm an air incident involving 2 Nigerian Air Force aircraft taking part in the rehearsals […]
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The Nigerian Air Force, has said it would strengthen its strategic partnership with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in order to contain emerging 21st Century security challenges. The Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who said this during a courtesy visit to the commission’s Executive Vice Chairman,Professor Umar Danbatta, in Abuja, […]
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The Operation Lafia Dole of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has destroyed some facilities of the Boko Haram terrorists, at Bukar Meram and Tumbun Allura on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola who […]
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The Nigerian air force said on Wednesday the United States had agreed to sell fighter planes to Nigeria, as the West African country continues its eight-year conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram. The sale of the 12 A29 Super Tucano aircraft, with weapons and services, is worth $593 million. The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria presented […]
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