Brave lads, gave their lives for the Nigeria, RIP Soilders, Not forgeting soilders who hv given their life in active service to their Father land in the North too

RIP to the deads and may the lord give their family d strength t bear d loss.
But y s it dat d only tng comng out of dis Mali expedition s woes and sadness, are d Nigerians not doing anytng wort celebratng there?

Jonathan should be taken good care of our ear force jets and other hardwear. RIP to pilot.

loads of village people on nairaland, i tire ooooloads of village people on nairaland, i tire ooooloads of village people on nairaland, i tire oooo

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We've got enough dough to acquire modern equipment and less upgrades,if not then those @ the corridor of power needs to start UPGRADING 1960's & 70's Peugeouts/Mbs as official cars versus late model official cars/jets they are purchasing on daily basis.National Defence/security equipment needs uttermost attention."RIP to the brave HEROES".

They were great men. May their souls RIP.

RIP Soldiers

icebeatz:

shut up my friend.
Anti-aircraft guns or surface to air missiles (SAMs) can be detected by radar.
Don't wanna go into long details but just know dat u made an ignorant post.

@icebeatz .You will only make a fool out of yourself, if u attempt to spill out your ''long details''

jp philips: loads of village people on nairaland, i tire ooooloads of village people on nairaland, i tire ooooloads of village people on nairaland, i tire oooo

For real my brother!

Mgbadike80: How old is the jet? Another relic from the civil war era?

very old,modern jets have automatic ejectors.

R.I.P

RIP BRAVE MEN OF OUR NATION...

All modern jet fighter planes have ejector seats its either the jet was short down or the pilots wasn't trained on how to pull ejector seat. Nigerian military don't know that war have change its not personnel that win wars now its gadgets. You can deploy the whole Nigeria to go and fight if you don't have a strong tool you are finished. Even America are struggling with there hard weapons that is second to non in then to fight bin laden Nigerian military

Pardon me, but couldn't they at least have saved thier lives by using ejector seats or something when it was obvious the jet was gonna crash?

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Symphony007: Some people just have the tendency to say rubbish always. A "nigerian" fighter jet crashes and some simpletons have already started mentioning civil war era plane, no fuel etc...but just some days back a u.s military cargo plane pratically fell from the sky like a paper kite in afganistan, no stupid comments then o! Ignorancai!!

anoda one crashed in madrid yesterday oooo. No silly comments... I tire for naija

icebeatz:

shut up my friend.
Anti-aircraft guns or surface to air missiles (SAMs) can be detected by radar.
Don't wanna go into long details but just know dat u made an ignorant post.

please I'd like you to go into details and tell me how and when anti aircraft guns became surface to air missiles. please read well before displaying your ignorance for the world to see. Google is your friend, use it.

Symphony007: Some people just have the tendency to say rubbish always. A "nigerian" fighter jet crashes and some simpletons have already started mentioning civil war era plane, no fuel etc...but just some days back a u.s military cargo plane pratically fell from the sky like a paper kite in afganistan, no stupid comments then o! Ignorancai!!

American Military establishment is also more corrupt than Nigeria. But you expect that the Americans are complaining about the wicked waste of young lives due to inferior or malfunctioning materiel.

Dis Guy:

What are you on about?

According to the press release, it crashed in Niger during Mali operations


RIP

anyone know their names?>

Why don't they ever release names/pictures of men that die on duty for this country?

if you had read my other comments before posting you'd know that there was never a time I said they were shot down in Nigeria

ShyM-X:


It isn't about the maintenance - those aircraft are to old for combat and they're flying coffins...

Nigeria seriously needs to upgrade its fighter jets...

Same goes for the Chengdu jets as well...

Going by your logic, the following aircrafts must be banned for being flying coffins-F-16 Falcon, F-15 eagle, the Tornado, MIG-29, Su-27.

Symphony007: Some people just have the tendency to say rubbish always. A "nigerian" fighter jet crashes and some simpletons have already started mentioning civil war era plane, no fuel etc...but just some days back a u.s military cargo plane pratically fell from the sky like a paper kite in afganistan, no stupid comments then o! Ignorancai!!

Whilt I disagree with all the infounded speculation about the crash of the Nigerian jet, it is pertinent to note that it wasnt a US military jet that crashed but a privately owned 747 contracted to transport military equipment for the US.

I am also tired of people refering us to negative pictures or news from the US or Europe any time something bad happens in Nigeria as if itvis justified just because it happens over there too. It is a dull way of thinking.

Symphony007: Some people just have the tendency to say rubbish always. A "nigerian" fighter jet crashes and some simpletons have already started mentioning civil war era plane, no fuel etc...but just some days back a u.s military cargo plane pratically fell from the sky like a paper kite in afganistan, no stupid comments then o! Ignorancai!!

just the way sum ppl criticize everything Nigerian ,dats hw sum Americans also criticize their country and say china or other nations stuff are better, the same with the Chinese . So it happens everywhere . Don't take it personal

solomon111: RIP to those great men!
I think it is time we give those alpha -jets away as gifts.
Those ogas at the top should hurry up and get these guys SU-30s.
What the fucck are they waiting for?
Why must they keep sacrificing the lives of scarce,competent and experienced members of the airforce on the alter of mediocrity.
It's sad indeed.

Those subsonic alpha jets are still very reliable birds. Even our fleet was upgraded just a few years ago. But keep in mixnd that machines fail, regardless of how now or old.


Anyway, till the military come up with a report stating the exact cause of the crash, I suggest we refrain from posting speculations.

Ochek:

Of course the alpha fighter jets are as old as the civil war. So cos we said nothing about the american plan we shouldn't talk about ours? If we don't, "who will"?

Seriously, shut up.

slim fit :
All modern jet fighter planes have ejector seats its either the jet was short down or the pilots wasn't trained on how to pull ejector seat. Nigerian military don't know that war have change its not personnel that win wars now its gadgets. You can deploy the whole Nigeria to go and fight if you don't have a strong tool you are finished. Even America are struggling with there hard weapons that is second to non in then to fight bin laden Nigerian military

How will a pilot who has been trained to fly a jet worth millions of dollars not be trained to pull a simple lever. Please we do not know the circumstances surrounding why they did not eject but assuming that they were not trained to do so is calling their intelligence and that of their instructors into question.

What happen to the ejector sits, or this fighter jets don't have em

Bonapart: I said it anytin dat involves islams must involve "death blood & rebell" shame on you. Religion of piss

must u comment wen u ar even able to asimilate nd undastand d topic inquestion. Wat concerns islam wit fita jet falin off d sky. Must we always attach everythn to sumthn? 9ja ignorance na wa o. Wel ur name 'bonapart' says it al. Bonapart indeed

loswhite: just the way sum ppl criticize everything Nigerian ,dats hw sum Americans also criticize their country and say china or other nations stuff are better, the same with the Chinese . So it happens everywhere . Don't take it personal

I'm afraid I don't agree with you cos that of Nigeria has gone overboard. Compared to the aforementioned countries were constructive criticisms are provided, the dimwits here only insult and revel in every misfortune that befalls this nation. Bunch of unpatriotic buttholes.

Indication that the war is a serious one

Omen100: Rip to those that died protecting their father's land, not like the other way round which I won't mention here yet.

its "fatherland" dude!