NAF MI- 35 Helicopter destroys Boko Haram vehicles
The Nigerian Air Force said on Tuesday that the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, during the night of April 13, 2018, successfully destroyed some Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) vehicles at a location, about 12km East of AREGE, in the Lake Chad Region.
A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya said that earlier during the day, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft had discovered BHT activities, with some vehicles mounted with guns, moving within the location.
Accordingly, the ATF detailed NAF Mi-35M Helicopter gunships to conduct Air Interdiction strikes to take out the targets. Overhead the location, the attack platform acquired, interdicted and neutralised the targets with rockets and cannons.
The subsequent Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) revealed that at the end of the attack, a BHT gun truck, with its entire occupants, was completely destroyed and engulfed in fire.
Another BHT vehicle was damaged and immobilised as a result of the attack while several BHTs were killed in the process.
The NAF continues to provide adequate air support, through the ATF of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, by conducting a range of air operations to create the necessary environment for ground operations to continue apace.
