The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) says the Air Component of the military special task force, “Operation Hadin Kai” has continued to decimate terrorists and their hideouts at Tumbuns near Lake Chad.
NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet, stated on Monday in Abuja that an intelligence report received made airstrikes on a location Northwest of Arina Woje in Tumbuns on Sunday imperative.
He explained that the report indicated the presence of terrorists’ hideouts at the location.
He added that the report also confirmed an activation of terrorists’ activities around clusters of structures concealed under trees near the location.
“A post-strike Battle Damage Assessment revealed that several terrorists were neutralized and their hideouts set ablaze, thereby degrading their capabilities to attack surface forces.
“These strikes have also degraded the capabilities of terrorist elements operating in the region to attack innocent civilians residing near Arina Woje in Borno,” Gabkwet stated.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of over 18,000 personnel as of 2021[3] and aircraft including 9 Chengdu F-7s, 11Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets, three JF-17 Thunder Block II, and 12 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano aircraft, 24 Ameracchi M-346 FAs on order, attack helicopters, armed attack drones, and military transport aircraft.
The Nigerian Airforce was formally established on 18 April 1964 with the passage of the Air Force Act 1964 by the National Assembly. The Act stated that the “Nigerian Air Force shall be charged with the defense of the Federal Republic by air, and to give effect thereto, the personnel shall be trained in such duties as in the air as well as on the ground.”
The NAF was formed with technical assistance from then-West Germany (now the Federal Republic of Germany following the reunification of West and East Germany).
The air force started life as a transport unit with the first aircrew trained with the Ethiopian Air Force, the second set of undergo training in February 1963 with the Royal Canadian Air Force while some were sent to the Indian Air Force
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