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jakeporeshenko:
It’s a G3 rifle with FAB defense upgrades, bipod, butstock, handguard... I don’t know where the scope and laser are from.

I should have noticed it was an upgrade, tnx man.

OPERATION GREEN SWEEP: NAF DESTROYS BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS’ LOGISTICS BASE AT KUSUMA IN NORTHERN BORNO

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Interdiction Operation, OPERATION GREEN SWEEP, has continued to record tremendous successes in destroying Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs) facilities in Borno State. On Day 3 of the Operation, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, destroyed a BHT Logistics Base at Kusuma in Northern Borno. The air strikes were conducted on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the BHTs had resumed using the previously abandoned settlement and established a Logistics Base to support their operations in the fringes of Lake Chad. Extensive Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions later identified 2 compounds within the village that were the main logistics hubs in the town. Consequently, the ATF dispatched 2 Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the settlement, recording direct hits on the target buildings and facilities with huge balls of fires seen.

The NAF, working in concert with surface forces, will sustain the tempo of operations with a view to destroying all remnants of the terrorists in Borno State.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

PRESS RELEASE

ARMY HOLDS SHOW OF FORCE IN BORNO STATE

1. Troops of 22 Brigade deployed in operation LAFIA DOLE, on Saturday 17 November 2018 in conjunction with other security agencies conducted a show of force within Dikwa emirate in Borno State to reiterate their commitment in protection of lives and property as well as build confidence in the people.

2. The exercise is to further showcase the Nigerian Army determination and combat readiness in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and other crimes in the State.

3. Addressing the troops at the end of the exercise, the Commander 22 Brigade Brigadier General John Ochai commended them for their combat readiness and endurance, urging them to keep fit at all times.

4. He charged the troops to always remain alert while carrying out all assigned tasks.

5. Those that participated in the exercise include, personnel of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Immigration service, Customs, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, humanitarian workers as well as members of the Civilian Joint Task Force.

6. You are please requested to disseminate this information through your medium to the general public.

7. Thank you for your kind cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

Geronimoe:
Nigerian immigration service? Their camo looks better than NA's.

N.I BORDER PATROL CORPS; the camo is only been used by there border patrol personnels.

https://www.google.com/amp/thenationonlineng.net/graduation-patrol-corps/amp/



I.D of these weapons.

HORRORIZON:
I dont think so. The Nigerian army seems very incompetent. They are operating on their home turf against an enemy whom they've been engaged with for like[b] 12 years now[/b], so they SHOULD know everything about them at all times, or have already eliminated them. It's not only sad to hear but is in fact a national embarrassment and red flag toward the realization of just how weak and degraded the Nigerian security apparatus is. I know a lot of this negligence is due to the immense levels of political corruption, greed, selfishness and carelessness of the leaders of that nation, who genuinely don't give a shiat about the young men and women of that nation, including those who risk their lives to join that deathtrap of an army for a chance to make a bit of pocket change, because investment in their future is not on their leaders radar as a worthy expense. But the least those ignorant parasites could do is show these misguided kids [/b]some decent respect for their sacrifice by holding a national day of morning. Such wastage of lives do to careless incompetence on a continuous bases is not normal and acceptable of a professional military in this day and age.
[b]
I'm not even Nigerian, and this really pisses me off. These kids deserve better than to be continuously stranded like sitting ducks in waiting to be slaughter like chickens.

Thanks for your concern and it's of a truth that the NA authorities as failed.

But from your statements here; some of ur statements are not true "12 years" and abuses ; "misguided kids".

Perfectdanny:
Naf and NN inco?

Hmmmmmm not sure

Perfectdanny:
Any idea when the army will recruit at bidex111

Around April next year for "recruit"

Can't tell for DSSC/SSC.

NI are not smiling

Field0Marshall:
Some Nigerian soldiers are so confident in their Juju that they will go to battle without body armour....

I swear juju don fork plenty NA soldier.......

BH maa self no come alone

Iblawi1:
Nigeria and Niger republic sign agreement to allow NAF fighter jets take off from Niger.

This is the kind of corporation we need.

Just watched these on TVC news now; Niger's CAS & Nigerian CAS ....

Geronimoe:
I've never seen any soldier going to war knowing absolutely that he is going to die. Soldiers fight wars to survive, that's why they prepare and train. If soldiers die it should be because of unavoidable situations.

Who told you that..

The probability of surviving is 50/50. It's a harsh reality of war; MEN DIE !

CNNNIGERIA1:
Defence: Pakistan Moves Ahead With Sale of 3 JF-17 Fighter Jets to Nigeria
http://www.changednigerianews.com.ng/2018/10/defence-pakistan-moves-ahead-with-sale.html

Good news.. but I don't know why these is taking too much time, all these agreement signing blablablaaaaa......

jakeporeshenko:
Clear picture of NAf king air in desert camo who’s responsible for this

These painting is horrible.

Odunayaw:
Either ways its quite disappointing. Its like the Army doesn't learn, this base wars is getting nauseating already!

Buddy you are totally right...

Even if we are getting it right, we are bound to loose men.

#NAF

@perfectdanny



Sorry I didn't expantiate well.

For deployment you will not be paid for housing allowances only field/feeding allowance where it applies.

But if you are been transfered from region X to Y and there is no accommodation in the barracks, then you will be paid housing allowance.

Geronimoe:
Even if it's one life lost it means something and it's a big shame that the military is always back and forth with this rag tag insurgents.

Dude you are funny, it's really sad that the army is taking a step forward and few steps backward.

But let me tell you the harsh reality; in these type of complex war we will lost good soldiers. Leave it or take it there is no shame in it, period.

BabaOwen:
so you feel all the news agencies like AFP, Punch etc are all inflating the numbers

Even the almighty CNN are very Google in inflating talk less of your AFP and punch etc.....

Perfectdanny:
I mean when he's been transferrd like from his barack in enugu to the northeast to fight.

Yes
He or she is giving housing allowance; if his not living in the barracks or military housing schemes.

Mozambique’s apparent Islamist insurgency poses multiple threats



http://www.defenceweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-53794/

jakeporeshenko:
Bidiexiii you no Dey sleep ?
Plus what happened to your other account

No mind me jare.......

I do wake up very early; it's been part of me for years. So the next thing I do after prayer is to play with my phone.

I find it difficult to upload pictures with my other account .

#SF

HORRORIZON:
Boko Haram jihadists have killed 53 soldiers and farmers in three days of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said Tuesday, in a new show of force ahead of February elections in the West African country.
Despite the government’s insistence that Boko Haram is near defeat, the group has recently carried out a string of major attacks on military and civilian targets.
President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking re-election in February, faces widespread criticism over his security record as soldiers based in the northeast regularly complain of fatigue and insufficient supplies of food and arms.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a Boko Haram splinter group, killed at least 44 soldiers in attacks on three military bases at the weekend, according to security sources.
Of those, at least 43 were killed on Sunday in Metele, a remote village near the border with Niger, according to a military officer who requested anonymity.
“Our troops were completely routed and the terrorists captured the base after heavy fighting,” he told AFP, adding that the base commander and three officers were among the dead.
A search was under way for survivors or further victims in the surrounding bush, he said.
A pro-government militiaman said the jihadists arrived on around 20 trucks and army air support did not arrive until after they had “invaded the base and looted the weapons”.
The same day, jihadists also launched a pre-dawn attack on a base in the town of Gajiram, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
Fighting lasted several hours, local residents told AFP.
And a soldier was killed in an attack Saturday on a base in Mainok, also in Borno state, the cradle of the Boko Haram movement, security sources said.
– Villages also attacked –
ISWAP asserted responsibility for the attacks in Metele and Mainok, claiming to have killed at least 42 soldiers in addition to carting away four tanks and other vehicles, according to the SITE Intelligence monitoring group.
In addition, Monday saw the latest in a string of attacks on villages, usually carried out to pillage food and abduct civilians used as fighters or forced to marry jihadists.
The jihadists have accused farmers and loggers of passing information to the military.
Armed with guns and machetes, jihadists killed nine farmers and abducted 12 others in the Mammanti village in Borno state, locals told AFP on Tuesday.
The jihadists came on bicycles, said Usman Kaka, a farmer who escaped. “They just opened fire on us and continued to fire as we fled,” Kaka said.
Village chief Muhammad Mammanti said the assailants had hacked “three people who resisted being abducted”.
Also on Monday, seven women were snatched while working in fields near the city of Bama, according to militiamen fighting alongside army soldiers.
In an attack on Mammanti last week, jihadists stole hundreds of heads of cattle.
The surge in attacks on military targets suggests that hardliners within ISWAP have taken the upper hand after internal divisions, observers say.
More than 27,000 people have died since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009, and 1.8 million remain homeless.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/boko-haram-attacks-leave-53-soldiers-dead-in-pre-election-show-of-force/

We lost some good men but I think these news agencies are inflating the casualty figure.

Perfectdanny:
Bidex111 pardon me please. Is it true that when a soldier leaves his barrack more incentives are added to their salary?

You mean when he doesn't live/stay in the barracks

jakeporeshenko:
According to the chief of air staff
Between 1st of June 2015- 31st oct 2018, the Nigerian sir force Flew 51,852 hr In 39,807 sorties.

Thats incredible.

jakeporeshenko:
I was about to ask the same thing, plus hose far the beryl production plant, didn’t DICON sight a contract with the polish manufacturers long time ago

Everything just went silence ever -since We never heard anything again

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR DEFENCE INFORMATION BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN AGIM ON THE ACTIVITIES OF OPERATION 777 ON 19 NOVEMBER 2018 AT THE HEADQUARTERS 1 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY KADUNA

PROTOCOL
1. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this briefing on activities of the Operation WHIRL PUNCH being conducted by the troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (NA). This operation is part of the Operation 777, which is being conducted and coordinated simultaneously nationwide under the auspices of the Defence Headquarters. Prior to the launch of Op 777, terrorists and criminals devised different means of evading ongoing operations in different theatres of operations. However, since the commencement of Op 777 on 8 October 2018, significant and modest operational successes have been recorded across the nation. Under Operation WHIRL PUNCH, 1 Division NA is tasked to provide security and restore normalcy along Kaduna – Abuja Expressway and Birnin Gwari and its environs as well as Niger State, which were hitherto devastated by the activities of bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers and cattle rustlers.

2. In preparation for the conduct of the operations, additional platforms, establishment of new military/Police formations/units and injection of more troops were carried out by the Defence Headquarters to ensure the success of this operation. There is Nigerian Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Birnin Gwari, which will soon metamorphose into 98 Bn in line with 2016 NA Order Of Battle (ORBAT). The Nigerian Air Force also plan to establish FOB to support Operation WHIRL PUNCH in Birnin Gwari general area, Niger State and the entire operation WHIRL PUNCH Area of Responsibility. The troops of 1 Division NA, Nigerian Air Force aircrafts, Police and other security agencies are conducting series of raids, ambushes, patrols, road blocks and air strikes against the identified camps/hideouts of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements within the operational areas. The general areas where our troops operate are characterised by thick forests such as the Kamuku, Kuduru, Birnin Gwari and Alawa Forests; the area also have several high grounds, which bandits and kidnappers use as staging areas and camps to perpetrate their heinous acts. To surmount these terrain challenges, we have also devised ingenious ways of deploying our troops and conducting operations.

3. So far, in this operation, 14 notorious bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers have been neutralised. Likewise several assorted sophisticated arms, ammunition and large herds of cattle have been recovered from the bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers.

4. A total of 18 AK47 rifles, 2 pistols, 3 mobile phones, 1 motorola, large cache’ of ammunition and 32 Motorcycles have been recovered. The troops also recovered over 331 cows from rustlers in Birnin Gwari area and 132 cows in Birnin Yero areas respectively. Along the Kaduna – Abuja Expressway 49 cows and 42 sheep have been recovered. All the recovered animals were handed over to their screened and profiled owners. Additionally, a total of 31 persons (18 Children and 13 Adults) were rescued from kidnappers within the Area of Operation. During this period also 5 bandits and 2 informants were arrested and they are currently assisting the security agencies in ongoing investigation. Unfortunately 2 soldiers were wounded and are currently receiving treatment at military hospital in Kaduna. Two civilian vigilante assisting troops in the operation were also killed in action by bandit’s fire.

5. Through these special operations, relative peace have been restored and hence, the troops dominate the operating environment, thereby creating safe and conducive atmosphere for socio-economic activities to thrive. It is evident that, now the local traders, motorists, residents of villages/settlements in these general areas are conducting their businesses mostly unmolested. The returned of relative peace and security was made possible through joint operations and synergy of efforts by the security agencies and cooperative posture of the locals and vigilante’ groups.

6. Let me also address a recent allegation of killing 74 cows belonging to Fulanis at Riyawa in Sabon Birni area. The Riyawa general area has been notorious as a den of bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Severally, troops had encounters with the bandits who use the difficult terrain and knowledge of the ground to escape. On 17 November 2018, based on intelligence, troops conducted a raid on bandits camps in the area. The bandits were alerted by their dogs. The observed current practice of the bandits is to use their cows as shield to escape while firing at troops. This was the case on 17 November 2018 which was not a deliberate act by the troops to kill the cows.

7. Gentlemen of the Press, our troops were recently deployed to restore and maintain peace in the recent Kaduna crisis, the proactive deployment, was applauded for its critical impact on preventing spread of crisis beyond Kaduna State. It is equally important to state that, as part of 1 Division’s Community Engagement Programmes (CEP) during Operation 777, medical outreach programme was carried out in Sayen Lemu Village in Zaria LGA. Worthy to mention also is the renovation of 2 blocks of class rooms recently in Sayen Lemu Village. As part of the CEP also, the troops in Kidandan area of Giwa LGA, Kaduna State now escort farmers to enable them harvest their crops. This is coming in the aftermath of recent bandits attacking and killing farmers in their farms in the general area.

8. Let me use this opportunity to assure the law abiding citizens that the Armed Forces and other security agencies will continue to ensure the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians. Operation 777 is designed to consolidate on the achievement of the existing operations so as to enhance the safety and promote socio- economic activities of Nigerians. We will continue to solicit the support and cooperation of the media towards successful conduct of the Operation 777.

Thank you and God bless.

PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES OPEN NAF MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL AIR POWER SEMINAR

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is constantly striving to maintain the strategic advantage through the evolution of new strategies for the employment of Air Power to more effectively prosecute the ongoing war against insurgency/terrorism in the Northeast of Nigeria as well as curb acts of criminality in other parts of the country. With this imperative firmly in view, the NAF today, 19 November 2018, commenced a 3-day International Air Power Seminar at the NAF Officers’ Mess and Suites, Kado, Abuja. The theme of the Seminar is “Air Power in Irregular Warfare: a Framework for Understanding and Responding”. The Seminar, which is the first of its kind in the country, attracted air power experts from around the globe who would be brainstorming with Nigeria's foremost air power practitioners to develop innovative approaches for dealing with the challenges of irregular warfare and how Air Power could be employed to address these challenges.

While declaring the Seminar open, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the Special Guest of Honour, commended the leadership of the NAF for bringing together Air Power practitioners from all over the world to Nigeria to discuss and find practical ways to reinvigorate the fight against insurgency. He noted that the Seminar is quite timely, in that, since the outbreak of the Boko Haram crisis in the Northeast of Nigeria, the NAF and indeed the Armed Forces of Nigeria have been engaged in conducting counter insurgency operations that have challenged the Services’ doctrine, tactics, training, Order of Battle and Force Protection architecture. According to him “Seminars like this are necessary for Armed Services like the NAF to draw from the experiences of other armed forces that have either previously or are currently engaged in counter insurgency operations”. The President, who used the opportunity to canvass for the “whole of the nation approach” for a successful counterinsurgency operation, noted that there must be unity of efforts across multiple Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

Earlier in his opening address, the Honourable Minister of Defence (HMOD), Mansur Dan-Ali, extolled the contributions of the NAF to the defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria, while noting that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was not unaware of both the kinetic and non-kinetic efforts the NAF has been expending in support of the counterinsurgency operations which have been instrumental in curtailing the insurgents and making life more meaningful for the victims. The HMOD seized the opportunity to reaffirm the readiness of the Ministry to continue to ensure the optimum utilization of resources in the procurement of equipment and other requirements for the Services in prosecuting the counterinsurgency operations. He also used the opportunity to thank all officers, airmen and airwomen of the NAF for the consistent and professional manner in which they have been handling all the operations in which they are involved. He added that the International Air Power Seminar perfectly fits into the MOD’s vision of ensuring synergy and cooperation, not just within the Services but across MDAs, in support of the nation’s political objectives.

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who welcomed dignitaries to the event, stated that the hosting of the maiden edition of the NAF International Air Power Seminar is necessitated by the security situation in Nigeria, the rapidly changing dynamics in the international arena and the evolving approach to warfare which require careful understanding of the threats and response options available for the projection of Air Power in addressing National Security imperatives. According to him, the changing character of warfare has emphasised the need for a change in the way armed forces approach warfare engagements. “While the engagement in conventional or regular warfare remains a possibility, the global predominant threat to nations has become more irregular in nature”, he added. Air Marshal Abubakar took the opportunity to thank the Federal Government of Nigeria for creating the enabling environment for the enthronement of professionalism in the Service which has led to enhanced operational effectiveness as well as the optimization of local technology through research and development.

Immediately after the event was declared open, the President, in company of other dignitaries, toured the historical photo gallery, which displayed pictures showcasing the activities and achievements of the NAF over the years. Two papers were presented after the Opening Ceremony. The first paper titled “The Role of National Power in Irregular Warfare” was delivered by Professor Usman Tar, from the Nigerian Defence Academy. The second paper, which was presented by Major General Yousef Al-Hnaity, the Commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, was on topic “Understanding Irregular Warfare and its Challenges to Air Power Application”. The event, which has representatives from about 20 allied air forces, also featured a cultural night at the end of Day 1 that showcased Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage, while Days 2 and 3 will feature presentation of papers from other Air Power professionals and security experts from Nigeria and other parts of the world.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

#AFSF
#BERYL RIFFLE

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USSR army recruitment, 1930

jakeporeshenko:
Nigerian Air Force regiment, I like this new rifle

The riffle too make sense. When will our NA upgrade.....

OPERATION GREEN SWEEP: NAF DESTROYS BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS’ STAGING AREA, VEHICLE WORKSHOP IN MASSIVE RAID AT TUMBUN REGO IN NORTHERN BORNO

The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) staging area and vehicle workshop on the outskirts of Tumbun Rego in Northern Borno State. The operation, which took place on 15 November 2018, Day 2 of Operation GREEN SWEEP, was conducted after NAF aircraft tracked some BHT vehicles from Kareto to a location 3Km Southwest of Tumbun Rego, where the BHTs had carefully concealed their vehicles, fuel storage facility and equipment under trees and vegetation. Accordingly, the ATF attacked the location in a massive air raid involving multiple aircraft in successive waves of strikes leading to the destruction of some BHT vehicles and their fuel storage facility, which was seen engulfed in flames. Several terrorists were also neutralized as a result of the strikes.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force



Video link; https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2211156335763972&id=1684425015103776