The Nigerian Air Force has responded to Boko Haram’s allegation that it shot down the missing NAF 476 Alpha Jet, which went missing in Borno State earlier this year. The NAF announced on Saturday that the plane had an accident for a number of causes that the military was investigating, and that it was not […]
Intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members on board on 31 March 2021 might have crashed. The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remains unknown. That The pilots are Flight […]
Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, the Chief of Air Staff, arrived in Borno State on Thursday for a briefing on efforts to retrieve a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet that went missing on Wednesday evening after losing contact with radar. When it went missing, the missing jet was fighting Boko Haram and the Islamic State West […]
Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defense Media Operations disclosed in a statement on Sunday in Abuja saying the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike, has killed scores of bandits in air strikes on their camp at Kuduru Forest area of Kaduna State on Saturday. Daily Times report. According to Enenche, he said the confirmatory Intelligence, […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N), in line with its inter-agency collaboration agenda signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) In his statement to the press, Engr Olateru AIB-N Commissioner/CEO stated that “Our duty, as Accident Investigators of Civil Aviation is one thing but understanding one’s needs is very critical […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has immortalised a renowned educationist, scholar and former Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Late Rev. Sister Henrietta Alokha. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Alokha died while rescuing her students […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) meeting venue at Kadi Wanzama on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. READ ALSO: NAF neutralises several insurgents in Borno […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised dozens of Boko Haram terrorists at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the NAF also destroyed the insurgents’ infrastructure […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout and neutralised some of the insurgents’ fighters at Mina along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis in the northern part of Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has obliterated a terrorists’ camp at Alafa ‘C’ in the heart of Sambisa forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Thursday. READ ALSO: FCE Yola produces […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed some logistics facilities belonging to Boko Haram terrorists at Bakari Gana on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. READ ALSO: Senate approves N346.3bn for […]
Maiduguri – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF), says it has established an aircraft hangar at the 105 Composite Command, Maiduguri, to enhance its operations in the counter insurgency campaign in the northeast. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal, Sadique Abubakar, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the hangar on Sunday in Maiduguri. […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) training camp at Tumbun Zarami on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Daramola said that the operation […]
Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) training camp at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Northern Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola said the […]
Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralised scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibukunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said […]
A training helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in the NAF Base in Enugu after returning from a routine training exercise. According to NAF twitter account on Friday in Enugu, the crash occurred on Thursday after a routine training. It said that although there were casualties, the cause of the incident […]
Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it will conduct a simulation exercise on counter-terrorism, codenamed, “EXERCISE NA ZO”, along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road on Monday. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “This is to inform the general public, especially […]
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall, Sadiq Abubakar, on Saturday inaugurated the Nigerian Air Force School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine in Kaduna. Abubakar said the new school was meant to provide adequate medical support for NAF operations, personnel and members of host communities. READ ALSO NCS Lagos receives new recruits “Upon my […]
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Airforce, Rep. Mohammed Koko has urged the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) to extend its airpower to nip the perennial security challenges in some states in the North West. Rep. Koko, who made the call during the 2020 budget defence of the NAF on Thursday, said the states […]
The Nigerian Air Force says it is investigating an online report alleging the killing of two persons at Mabera area of Sokoto metropolis by personnel of the air force. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “An online report by dailynigerian.com […]