Several Airstrikes conducted by the Air component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have successfully destroyed three illegal refining sites in Rivers State and three militant/pirates camps in Cross River State, respectively. This was contained in a statement made available to Defence Correspondents in Abuja on Sunday by the NAF …
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Bandits Allegedly Down NAF Helicopter, Kill 13 Soldiers In Ambush
Bandits currently wreaking havoc in the Chukuba Ward of the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have killed 13 soldiers in the state. The bandits were said to have ambushed and killed 13 soldiers along the Zungeru-Tegina road in the Madaka Ward of the Rafi Local Government Area of …
Read More »Niger State Governor Sympathies With NAF As Helicopter Crashes
Niger Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has extended his sympathy to the Nigerian Air Force over the crash of its MI-171 Helicopter in Chukuba community in Shiroro local government area of the State. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the incident as shocking and …
Read More »JUST IN: NAF Aircraft Enroute Niger Crashes
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) en route Minna, the Niger State capital, has crashed. Reports emerged that the aircraft, which crashed on Monday, August 14, 2023, took off from Kaduna. Other details about the incident remained sketchy as of the time of filling this report. More …
Read More »NAF Special Forces Rescue Seven Kidnap Victims In Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Monday said its Special Forces on night patrol at the weekend near Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, rescued seven kidnapped victims, comprising six females and a male. A statement by NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, informed the female victims on interrogation, revealed that they …
Read More »NAF Probes Fire Outbreak At Abuja Base
The Nigerian Air Force has begun an investigation into yesterday’s fire outbreak that at a Jet A-1 fuel dump location on the NAF base along the Airport Road in Abuja. The incident caused panic among residents and workers of the area. NAF spokesman, Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the aviation fuel, popularly …
Read More »NAF Jets Kill 33 Terrorists In Coordinated Airstrikes In Borno, Zamfara, Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft operating in the North-East and North-West regions of the country between March 28 and 31, 2022, killed 33 terrorists in coordinated airstrikes in the forests of Borno, Zamfara and Kaduna States. A top military source said the NAF through the Air Component of Operations …
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