₦airaland Forum

walemoney007:
Only God knows were Fulani/Hausa/berom militants get military camouflage from There is a lot of fake military personnel in plateau right now,tension is so high in plateau state. There is 48 hours curfew in some part of plateau state, may God help the people living in plateau state.

Kikuyu when a military personnel retire in kenya,do it take a full year before his or her pension is paid

Cause in Nigeria, a military personnel that I personally know,it took more than a year before he started getting his pension

Is this the way it's done in South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Algeria etc

Ever heard of homeless veterans in the United States? You all trying to rubbish your country.

lionel4power:
@odunayaw

the first thing they teach you in flight school is never eject upside down.. or in any position other than straight.

when ejecting, you put your arms and legs deep inside the "protective" cover of the 0-0 ejection seat.


0-0 ejection seats have sufficient rocket booster to thrust the pilot in a safe enough distance vertically from the ground before the parachute is deployed. That's why it's called "zero-zero".

the only fathomable reason a pilot will eject in the wrong orientation is if he is losing consciousness or vertigo induced blackout (or redout) as the case maybe.

however, such incidents are rare and are usually prevented by the use of modern pilot G-suits.

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in the Nigerian F-7Ni case, I'll attribute the pilot's death to lack of proper training in ejection procedure or the use of non-modern ejection seat.

His helmet killed him. Broken neck and head injuries.

DDGN:
It's Time to Abolish the Air Force.
Two Nigerian Air Force F-7Ni fighter jets crashed after a mid-air collision in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Friday. This incident reduces the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet fleet to seven. Yes, seven fighter jets. In 2005 the Nigerian Air Force retired its fleet of 22 Mig-21 fighter jets and acquired 15 Chinese Chengdu F-7Ni Airguard fighter as a stop-gap measure in the interim, while the service deliberates on new fighter aircraft for its frontline role.

Thirteen years later no such acquisition has been made. Thu F-7Ni fighter fleet has reduced from 15 aircraft in 2005 to just 7 today. Financing has been the bane as the dramatic drop it oil prices sent the Nigerian economy spiralling into its worse economic crises in 25 years. As it stands the Nigerian Army is the only service able to perform its statutory role of defending the nation’s territorial integrity. But as capable as it may be, it could be seriously hamstrung by a failing Air Force. In today’s evolved battlefield you cannot isolate air power from ground forces.

The workhorse of the Nigerian Air Force remains 13 Alpha jet trainer aircraft and a few Aero L-29 trainer aircraft. The cash crunch has seen Nigeria reconfigure both trainers for ground attack duties. Lacking in air to air capability Nigeria effectively have just 5 or 6 attack jets to provide air defence for Nigeria’s 937,000 square kilometres of territory.

Finance must drive the defence establishment towards rationalisation. If sacred cows must be killed for the sake of efficiency, would not the disbandment of the NAF and the transfer of its air defence responsibilities to the Nigerian Army deliver greater savings and far greater efficiency?

There is no shame in admitting that the single-function service has had its day in Nigeria and to return military flying to the Army. The bloated higher command structures and stultifying bureaucracy, especially when compared to the Army and Navy has made the Air Force the weak link in the Nigerian armed forces and hinders the achievement of its airmen’s potential by limiting the available number of platforms to fly and hon their skills.

How does one setup a flight training school and spend millions in training for a service that has basically 4 fighter jets able to scramble in an instance. The Army’s request for an Army Air Arm independent of the NAF reflects the lack of confidence the service has for the NAF providing critical Close Air Support for ground troops.

The death of so many Nigerian soldiers could have been avoided if the Air Force had been proficient in its support missions. To put things into perspective, just last year in September or October, the Army received credible intelligence that Boko Haram terrorists were planning a major attack on troops of the 233 Battalion stationed at the forwarding base in Sassawa, 35 kilometers East of Damaturu. Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) affiliated to the Army and villagers had informed the troops after discovering that Boko Haram members were congregating in the area.

Following the receipt of the information, Army Intelligence officers notified the Nigerian Air Force and requested for air cover. Curiously, however, the request was not acted upon until the terrorists struck, killing Lieutenant Shuaibu, eight soldiers and seriously injuring 3 others. Every deployable aircraft was engaged. There were simply not enough aircraft.

The situation report showed that the Army only managed to send a few gun trucks to fortify the base after learning of the impending attack. Boko Haram terrorists arrived the base in with seven gun trucks and a platoon of fighters armed with machine guns and other high-grade military weapons. After ransacking the base and killing the nine soldiers, they blew up the facility. It took the dislocated troops and hurriedly assembled reinforcements about one hour to dislodge the terrorists.

Sending soldiers into combat without a %100 guarantee of air cover saps the morale of soldiers on the ground and seriously affects performance. These complaints became prominent in 2016 and was brought to the Military High Command. The Nigerian army as losing men due to the Air Force’s inaction, an inaction caused by inadequate and antiquated platforms.

Military sources in Abuja say the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar are intensely jostling for the position of the chief Defense Staff after Buhari confided in aides that the position of the Chief of Army Staff will go next to the Southwest region.

Hence no surprise when the NAF’s response to Army’s complaint was to create its absurd “Special Forces Units” scheme in which the tactical map was altered to convince the politicians of its importance. The result of this chicanery was that the service abandoned its primary role in the war, which was to provide CAS for troops and began competing with the army for combat roles.

What little money “very poor Nigeria” can afford should be allocated to the Nigerian Army bearing the brunt of the Boko Haram insurgency to fly and operate all aircraft. It is worth mentioning that the Nigerian Army already have an Aviation Corp. Integrating pilots and other structures shouldn’t be too hard.

A Nigerian Army Air Force will be run with rather fewer people per aircraft than the NAF. Since money is the excuse given by the service for the abysmal state of the Air Force then we have to kill some sacred cows” in the defence industry.

I have long held the view that the $600 million deal for 12 Super Tucano planes is ridiculous, prohibitively expensive and unaffordable for a nation that can barely field 10 fighter jets; after all, Nigeria is broke.

Absorbing the roles of the NAF, its aircraft, and the people required to fly and service them, into the Army would bring huge cost-savings while offering much improved co-operation and integration. The resulting two armed services, with their embedded air-power expertise, would allow a reduction of around 10,000 people, and provide the 30 per cent savings in defence.

Source

Do you generate news yourself? This is rubbish. Aircrafts deployed for use here in the northeast are subjected to request from the theater command which is spearheaded by officers from NA and NAF.

The attack you made mention of has officers of the Nigerian airforce as casualties so how will the airforce refuse to deploy?

Are you on weeds?

bidexiii:
Photos of Sqn Ldr MB Baba-Ari as a young pilot.

We just lost a JF-17 certified pilot.

Stop posting fake news. Only one aircraft down and that's a F-7 trainer.

SLBM:
No sir. Nigeria lacks advanced long range over the horizon early warning radar system. The Tin Shield deployed on bases fall short in capability. I'm not talking about response time, but availability of aircraft.

No, is the Tin shield the only radar systems deployed by NAF?
There are several radar systems and I am very sure our radar systems look beyond our borders. Maybe they're the most advanced but I can not say as its not my area but with discussions with fellow officers from that section and what I have seen personally here in maiduguri, our radar systems see beyond our territory. Maybe several layers or integration with commercial radar systems is being used. Which ever way it is, I have no idea but I am sure they see past our border lines.

Availability yes. 4 f-7 always on standby at TAC but I can't say if that now due to COIN campaign and other activities indulged in by the NAF.

SLBM:
Nine left. Which means at any given time we have not more than 6 or 7 ready for combat.

TAC has four on standby at every single time. This excludes deployment from other base.

15 minutes is the maximum response time and our radar systems look beyond our territory.

SLBM:
With a top speed of Mach 1.2 the F-7Ni is not bad, but we need more than 6 to defend the nations airspace. The $600 million Tucano deal will go down in history as The dumbest deal in military history. $600 million is enough for two complete squadrons of interceptors, while the Mi-35, Mi-24, Mi-17, Alpha jets can effectively handle Boko Haram. Nigeria captured back all hitherto lost territories and even flushed them out of the Sambisa without the Super Tucano.

Are you saying we have just 6 F-7 left?

SLBM:
GAMBIA: Nigeria to bear 50% of ECOWAS military intervention

Though Senegal is to lead a planned military intervention in Gambia if its president, Yahya Jammeh, fails to step down when his mandate expires on January 19, 2017, Nigeria is billed to bear about 50 per cent of the cost of the operation, according to ECOWAS.

A take off cost of the exercise is being put at about $300 million, with the other 12 countries of the sub-region which will contribute an estimated $160 million.

The decision to follow military option in forcing Jammeh to keep to his earlier acceptance of the December 1, election, which saw Adama Barrow winning him in the polls, was reached after the last of a peace resolution committee, led by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reported that no progress was made after several meetings with the Gambian president.

An ECOWAS delegation, which had on Thursday in Abuja, the Nigerian seat of power briefed President Buhari was said to have pleaded that Nigeria should bear 60 percent of the cost of the intervention, aimed at ensuring that Barrow is sworn in as the next Gambian president on January 19.

A Presidency source, who confirmed the visit, said the appeal centred mainly on how to fund the sub-regional force.

He declined to confirm the total cost of the option, but said that as the leader of the countries in West Africa economic group, “Nigeria is usually expected to bear the brunt of the bloc’s programmes or exercise as it has always been known to have done in the past but for the recession, which has reduced its commitment to many obligations. “

However, Chairman of ECOWAS Commission told a foreign news agency in London that the strike force was already in place with its personnel to be drawn from Senegal, Nigeria, Liberia, and Ghana, while other member-countries are to contribute in some other logistic supports.

He was quoted as saying that Nigeria would be expected to contribute substantively to the force, adding that details of the plan were still sketchy.

He said , given the experience of the past various peace keeping operations in parts of Africa, ECOWAS may be budgeting about $300 million as a takeoff cost of the operation, which experts say will likely eat deep into the economies of most member-countries currently facing some meltdown.

But experts say ECOWAS may not succeed in its plan if it relies on Nigeria, which is passing through funds crunch to run its 2016 budget.

RipplesNigeria ….without borders, without fears

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/gambia-nigeria-bear-50-ecowas-military-intervention/

I have seen several baseless news concerning the military which isn't right. This looks like one.

bidexiii:
You they mind the guy ...

He just they mentioned millions of dollars as if it's chicken change.

Ha, I fear o. Because $300m is different from #300m

SLBM:
Since 2014 the Navy have been requesting for $300 million to retrofit NN S Aradu. That's a vessel with 18 Otomat missiles still in storage. Request denied. Them we spend $300 million in a show of force to beg Yahya Jammeh to step down. [/b]Another $50 million buying Augusta Westland VIP Helios. Then we expend $500 million buying Stealth Patrol vessels from China. [b]The Chinese offer to arm the ship with Chinese anti-ship and air defence missiles. We turn down the offer. God forbid the day we are forced to defend the waterways, not from pirates but from enemy ships capable of wiping out Nigeria's oil infrastructure or creating enough damage that basically cripples the nation's economy...

..Oh wait....How dare I say such ! such a fantasy! It will never happen hete.

Is this correct? I was in Gambia and I don't think the whole ECOWAS deployment worth such.

llprincztonp:
After the long search, he finally find his missing rib....


OP pls help send it to the front page

Congratulations DSP ohimini.

SLBM:
The NAF is the only Air Force in existence that spend more resource and manpower building farming centres, trading shops, sporting events, fish farming and ground forces than it spends on improving the quality of its aircrafts, capital acquisition, RnD and effective air defence. What's is the NAF gonna open next, a sewing machine factory?

I cannot say more about capital acquisition but when it comes to RnD we are doing well.

There was an issue of NYPD on mufii here. Got this from my cousin's post.

Alzirida:
Recklessness.

This means no proper coordination in information management bw abuja and Kano air traffic controllers?

False information.

United4greatnes:
BREAKING: DRAMA AT ABUJA AIRPORT AS AZMAN AIR PLANE RUNS OUT OF FUEL MID-AIR


About 60 passengers aboard an Azman Air plane en route to Abuja were on Monday thrown into confusion as the aircraft almost ran out of fuel while hovering in the air for hours after it was prevented from landing.

A source, who was also on board the Flight ZQ 2332 but asked not to be named, told Saharareporters that the aircraft departed Kano at 1:20pm and was expected to land at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at 2:05pm . He said that when the pilot contacted the control tower for clearance for landing, he was told that he could not land because of some military planes on special operation were at the airport.

The pilot was in a dilemma and thought about returning to Kano after spending over an hour hovering in the air and having already announced that he was running out of fuel. Some passengers rejected the decision and prevailed on him to land, saying that they would be down with the consequences of violating the directive of the control tower.

The pilot was said to have yielded to the request and landed without clearance from the control tower.

Among the passengers were Sule Lamido, a presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, and Senator Sabo Mohammed from Jigawa State.

The pilot was reported to have apologised to the passengers for the delay.

Efforts to get officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to react to the incident were unsuccessful.

Some military planes belonging to Air Force are on aerial display rehearsal in Abuja ahead of the Independence Day celebration on October 1.


http://saharareporters.com/2018/09/24/breaking-drama-abuja-airport-azman-air-plane-runs-out-fuel-mid-air

Why post a wrong information?

Odunayaw:
If this is true, what then is Buratai gallivanting about for.

Read my compatriots
https://www.thecable.ng/investigation-soldiers-fighting-boko-haram-beg-food-sleep-classrooms

I'm surprised with alot here. The issue of wearing sandals to the front line is never the issue of the military command but a choice by an individual. I don't know much about the but the NAF has a good accommodation for us here.

I have some issues with some soldiers thinking they're SF while they're not. What happened is some have basic SF training but if you don't complete the required training, the military command does not see you as a special force officer. The training is to allow you adapt very quick to coin.

The post has some truth in it but then, I have several objections.

The army should take but and make corrections where neccesary.

Jiang:
Sorry oga I totally disagree, though you are right on some portion( intelligence & logistics), there is something wrong with military upper echelons, they refused to order troops to assault boko haram locations & make our troops to be on defensive always, which sucks as playing turtle all the time is a terrible idea in a guerilla warfare. Ask any soldier on the frontlines

I disagree.

Excallibur:
I just wish that the government can have a policy on its officials using our idegenous products ...you will never see a foreing car in POTUS convoy

There's a standard for VIP vehicles.

ChiefAzubuike:
This is what the Nigerian army will want you to see.

They'll never show you the double brutality boko haram caused on their own side.

The Nigerian military is no where near winning that war. There are no soldiers to kill again that's why boko haram haven't been active these past few months.

Zero casualty sir.

jakeporeshenko:
To assure the inhabitants of Damasak of their safety and security the indefatigable COAS today directed the Commanding Officer 145 Bn Lt Col James Nkereuwem to carry out confidence building patrol inside Damasak township to reassure the inhabitants of their safety.

Innoson will soon take over from Toyota here.

Back to the base. Permission to post media files released officially only.


Here's innoson. We field their vehicles.

joshingjosh:
This morning

It's still on now. They have been pushed out of damasak but the clash is still on.

SamuelAnyawu:
Was Damasak captured?

I need more info so i can enjoy my sleep here in Borno South.

Never captured. Bokoharam was expecting security to be concentrated in Gudumbali unfortunately 145bn was ready for them. After the first attack, they came in large numbers and they were repelled by troops there and AFSF deployed to Gudumbali.

StaffofOrayan:
Stop lying for the government you jerk, what do you gain? there is nothing like 134 battalion you say?

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian military arrests Generals, other senior officers ...
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/.../175916-exclusive-nigerian-military-arrests-gene...
Jan 30, 2015 - Mr. Aliyu is an acting commanding officer of the 134 battalion. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the substantive commanding officer of the battalion, ...

There's nothing like 134 bn in damasak. It's not their jurisdiction. It's 145 bn

meforyou1:
how

There's nothing like 134 bn here. They came under attack around 6pm thinking security will be concentrated here in Gudumbali. Men from the 145 bn repelled the attack with AFSF with further clearance.

Temptee101:
Where is your sense?

It's right here in my skull. Where's yours? I am here in Gudumbali and there's nothing like 134 bn under this jurisdiction.

Temptee101:
Where is your sense?

You're the pathetic liar here. There's nothing like 134 battalion here.

papalsbuIl:
http://saharareporters.com/2018/09/12/breaking-boko-haram-captures-damasak-24-hours-after-buratai%E2%80%99s-visit

This is rubbish. Bokoharam attacked damasak because security was concentrated in Gudumbali thinking the military presence there was low. The soldiers on ground repelled successfully and reinforcement was sent to push them out.

This is fake news!

jakeporeshenko:
this officer ?

No, that's not me, I took no pictures. There's an officer behind the old man with kit. Can you identify his unit?

ugo4u:
I can't find you there. The camera didn't capture you, I hope you won't be surprised if i tell you i know you and even have some of your operational pics.

The only picture person I have avoiding here is Brenda. I saw her taking several pictures.