Mr. Grim Reaper:
Another Dana in the making.

The Nigerian airforce has aircrafts sitting on the ground that has not been maintained in years. Anyone who flies into Lagos airport is greeted by a parade of brokendown C-120s and helicopters. The other day, a Nigerian Airforce Gunship was flying above and I could see alot of smoke coming out the main rotor engine.

Now they have graduated to Boeing planes for troop transport. Anyways, I wish them well. But seeing as this is still Nigeria, I will be cautious before boarding that plane. Remember that it was a Nigerian Airforce Helicopter that killed Azazi & Yakowa.

slim fit :
Only a cow would think like this. What business do they have in buying an aircraft that is not a military despatch craft...... only in Jeg government animal like cow have a say.
We were had military rule for almost 30 years they didn't think of buying one only one big fool like Jeg would think like an illiterate.


Someone need to get that guy out before our military state selling stock exchange and other things as well.

Don't they know that our security in this country is poor, boko ram are killing like butchers the only thing our military are thinking is wasting money on unnecessary thing s a military should nt be associated with.

slim fit :
This president would do anything to embarrass Nigeria with is primary school thinking. Before you know they will be buying bugatti too for military service. What else please. I think he bought the plain to consume top military officers just like ibb did.

slim fit :


You pick Iran who on this earth compare himself to Iran ?
The military don't have any business venturing into profit making business what so every. We have serious security problem that is not been tackled the air force is buying plains when people are dying up north

That is treason exposing our country and its people's life. I dought if this president knows by and chance knows what is position entails.

naptu2: In some countries such as Iran, the military engages in commercial ventures. This has also been the case in Nigeria for a while now.

The Nigerian Army manufactures drugs, is involved in real estate and civil engineering business.

The Nigerian Navy is also involved in real estate business.

The Defence Industries Corporation (DICON) was involved in salt making.

Etc.

However, the question is, can the NAF effectively and efficiently run an airline?

Akainzo:

Do NOT spread falsehood. The Iranian military/Airforce does NOT engage in commercial transportation.

That most pilots in the Iranian airline operations were former pilots in the Iranian Airforce is not the same as engaging in commercial transportation.

In some countries such as Iran, the military engages in commercial ventures.

The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی ‎ / Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi, or Sepāh for short), often called Revolutionary Guards, is a branch of Iran's military, founded after the Iranian revolution.[1] Whereas the regular military (artesh) defends Iran's borders and maintains internal order, according to the Iranian constitution, the Revolutionary Guard (pasdaran) is intended to protect the country's Islamic system.[2] According to some outside observers, it is intended to prevent internal dissident and military uprisings.[1]

The IRGC has roughly 125,000 military personnel including ground, aerospace and naval forces. Its naval forces are now the primary forces tasked with operational control of the Persian Gulf.[3] It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia which has about 90,000 active personnel,[4] and in recent years has developed into a "multibillion-dollar business empire,"[5] and is reportedly the "third-wealthiest organization in Iran" after the National Iranian Oil Company and the Imam Reza Endowment.

IRGC first expanded into commercial activity through informal social networking of veterans and former officials. IRGC officials confiscated assets of many refugees who had fled Iran after the fall of the Bani-sadr regime. It is now a vast conglomerate, controlling Iran’s missile batteries and nuclear program but also a multibillion-dollar business empire reaching almost all economic sectors.[5] It is thought to control around a third of Iran's economy through a series of subsidiaries and trusts.[59]

The Los Angeles Times estimates that IRGC has ties to over one hundred companies, with its annual revenue exceeding $12 billion in business and construction.[60] IRGC has been awarded billions of dollars in contracts in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, as well as major infrastructure projects.[61] The following commercial entities have been named by the United States as owned or controlled by the IRGC and its leaders.[62]

▪ Khatam al-Anbia Construction Headquarters, the IRGC’s major engineering arm & one of Iran’s largest contractors employing about 25,000 engineers and staff on military (70%) and non-military (30%) projects[51] worth over $7 billion in 2006.[62]

▪ Oriental Oil Kish (oil and gas industry),[63]

▪ Ghorb Nooh,[63]

▪ Sahel Consultant Engineering,[63]

▪ Ghorb Karbala,[63]

▪ Sepasad Engineering Co., (excavation and tunnel construction).[63]

▪ Omran Sahel,[63]

▪ Hara Company (excavation and tunnel construction),[63]

▪ Gharargahe Sazandegi Ghaem.[63]

▪ Kayson Construction Company ( Foreign Branch, active in Venezuela)

In September 2009, the Government of Iran sold 51% of the shares of the Telecommunication Company of Iran to the Mobin Trust Consortium (Etemad-e-Mobin), a group affiliated with the Guards, for the sum of $7.8 billion. This was the largest transaction on the Tehran Stock Exchange in history.[64][65] IRGC also owns 45% participation in automotive Bahman Group and has a majority stake in Iran's naval giant SADRA through Khatam al-Anbia.[51][66]

The IRGC also exerts influence over bonyads, wealthy, non-governmental ostensibly charitable foundations controlled by key clerics. The pattern of revolutionary foundations mimics the style of informal and extralegal economic networks from the time of the Shah. Their development started in the early 1990s, gathered pace over the next decade, and accelerated even more with many lucrative no-bid contracts from the Ahmadinejad presidency.[63] The IRGC exerts informal, but real, influence over many such organizations including:

▪ Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed or The Mostazafan Foundation)

▪ Bonyad Shahid va Omur-e Janbazan (Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs)[51]

Also speaking at the occasion, the Group Managing Director, NAFHC, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Kure, said the aircraft would commence operations with the initial client base of mainly Armed Forces, Police and other para-military force.

naptu2: Ocelot, don't try to post that link again. You'll get banned by the antispam bot.

Instead of that, what you should do is complain to the mods that you've been banned by the antispam bot and ask them to unban you and reveal your post. You can either pm the mods or complain on the complaints thread.