About 151 youths have been empowered by the Nigerian Air Force Officers’ Wives Association (NAFOWA) in Bauchi state through the association’s skills acquisition and vocational training programme in Azare local government area of the state. The National President of NAFOWA, Hajiya Hafsat Abubakar stated this at the graduation ceremony of the NAFOWA Skills Acquisition and […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has recorded further gains in the ongoing air interdiction operations aimed at wiping out remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) within the fringes of Lake Chad. A statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had successfully completed the in-house life extension programme on one of its C-130H aircraft, NAF 913, thereby improving the airlift capability of the service. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Adesanya, the Chief […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for his effort in making sure that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is well equipped for combating insecurity. Ugwuanyi gave the commendation during the ground breaking ceremony of the Nigeria Air Force Headquarter Ground Training Command (GTC) Complex in Enugu on Wednesday. He noted […]
In furtherance of his administration’s investment drive, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Wednesday appealed to the Nigerian Air Force, to allow the state government take over the Force’s piece of land located near the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to be used by an indigenous airline, Air Peace Limited for the establishment of […]
The Nigerian Air Force has appointed three (3) new Air Officers Commanding some of its Commands while redeploying 14 other senior officers in a shake-up. The new AOCs are Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, formerly the Director of Operations at NAF HQ, now Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Idris, […]
Operatives of the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the police and personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) engaged each other in a gun duel over an alleged assault on the daughter of an officer yesterday at Jeddo in Okpe local government area of Delta state. This led to pandemonium in the area. The gun […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets has intercepted a group of Boko Haram terrorists moving in an Hilux vehicle mounted with anti-aircraft gun. Recall that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has struck Boko Haram insurgents hiding at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain. . Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, in a statement said the […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has struck Boko Haram insurgents hiding at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa said. Famuyiwa said that intelligence report by sister surface forces indicated that remnants of fleeing insurgents were gathered at the location, about 10 kms Southwest of Gwoza in […]
For some time now, the behaviour of a growing number of the personnel of the nation’s security forces – the military, police and para- military organisations, has brought shame to the institutions and also painted them black in the eyes of the public who they exist to serve. Just last Wednesday, one of such incidents […]
The Chief of Standard and Evaluation, Nigerian Air Force and immediate past Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Training Command of the Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, Air Vice Marshal Salihu Bala-Riba, has said that the war against Boko Haram insurgency is not over yet. He said insurgents will want to prove that the incoming regime of General […]