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HERDSMEN-FARMERS CLASHES: NAF TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL UNITS IN TARABA STATES, BENUE-NASSARAWA AXIS

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, today disclosed plans by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to establish a Forward Operational Base (FOB) in Taraba State, as part of plans to further tackle the incessant herdsmen-farmers clash in the country. The CAS, who disclosed the plans while delivering a lecture to participants of National Defence College (NDC) Course 26 in Abuja, also announced plans to establish a Quick Response Wing along the Benue-Nassarawa Axis. The title of the lecture, which lasted one hour, was ‘The Nigerian Air Force - Challenges and Future Perspectives’. Participants of the Course are drawn from senior officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and those of sister African countries, senior officials of other security agencies in Nigeria as well as those of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

The lecture afforded the CAS to share thoughts with the participants on how the National Defence Policy prescribes that the NAF should be employed, out of which the mission statement of the NAF was coined. Air Marshal Abubakar also spoke on the current and likely threats as well as contingencies from the perspective of air operations. He then elucidated on his vision for the NAF while also highlighting current efforts at actualizing it. Some of the initiatives included but are not limited to the establishment of new commands and some units, improvement in human capacity development, improved aircraft serviceability and logistics support as well as enhanced personnel welfare. He also spoke about the efforts being made in the area of research and development towards improved self-sufficiency, as a result of which the NAF is currently making great savings in foreign exchange. Thereafter, he discussed the current NAF Force structure, doctrine, current capabilities and equipment holding in response to threats alongside the NAF’s strategic plan before looking at NAF future perspectives. The CAS equally examined the challenges and constraints to the NAF’s air power effectiveness before concluding the lecture by discussing the strategies to countering the challenges enumerated. The lecture was followed by a stimulating interactive session.

In his closing remarks, the Commandant of NDC, Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo, declared that “You cannot win any war today without an effective and virile Air Force”. He then added that there was no doubt that the current NAF leadership is taking a lot of laudable and unprecedented steps, especially in the area of technological development, in a bid to reposition the NAF for greatness. He particularly cited the recent feats by the NAF in locally designing and producing an operational Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, among many other breakthroughs in the area of research and development. He then seized the opportunity to congratulate the CAS on the recent passage of the bill establishing the Air Force Institute of Technology Kaduna, which he believed would further enhance technological growth in the NAF.

It is recalled that the NAF had also earlier announced plans to establish FOBs in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, as part of its commitment to combatting emerging security challenges in those parts of the country.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

PRESS RELEASE

THEATRE COMMANDER MEETS WITH HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES AND NGOs IN BORNO STATE... Says operations are guided by Rules of Engagement and Human Rights.

The Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole Major General Rogers Nicholas today met with Heads of Security Agencies and Non Governmental Organizations ( NGO) at the Headquarters, Theatre Command, Maiduguri to deliberate on issues bordering on security and humanitarian activities in the north east theatre of operation.

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, General Nicholas who expressed immense appreciation for the humanitarian support of the NGOs to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north east, stated that the meeting became necessary to address some unpleasant challenges arising from both security and humanitarian activities in the region. He disclosed that some unregistered NGOs have found their way to the theatre and are operating without proper documentation with appropriate Government supervisory agencies. The activities of such NGOs, the Theatre commander noted were undermining security in the theatre. He urged all unregistered NGOs within the theatre to do so within two weeks, as unregistered NGOs will no longer have access to IDP camps and thorough fare at security check points.

The Theatre Commander also enjoined all NGOs in the Theatre to ensure that conveyance of relief materials locations in the theatre be conducted with road worthy vehicles to minimise the incidents of breakdown, upon which the insurgents capitalise to pilfer food, fuel and other logistics. Reminding the NGOs of their neutrality and impartiality operational principles, General Nicholas urged the NGOs to stick to their statutory and organisational roles and avoid meddling in activities that could jeopardize security. He reiterated the support of all security agencies under the aegis of Operation Lafiya Dole for the NGOs in the theatre of operation.

The meeting was attended by heads of security agencies, relevant government parastatals in Borno state and representatives of NGOs.

In a related development, a delegation from the Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) was today led in a working visit to the Headquarters, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole by the organization's Executive Director Frederico Borolo. Describing the organization's role in conflict, Borolo said the main objective of the Centre is to prevent and protect civilians from harm in conflict situations, adding that the Centre is a bridge between the military and civilians in conflict regions by working with the government and military actors to minimize conflict and its consequences on Nigerian population in the theatre of operation.

The Theatre commander Major General Rogers Nicholas assured the delegation that troops' operations are guided by an operational code of conduct, Rules of Engagement, and respect for Fundamental Human Rights as well as International Humanitarian Laws. He lauded the role of the Centre in protecting the civil populace, who he said are often times the victims in conflict situations. He recalled that over 3000 civilians have been rescued by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the ongoing Operation Deep Punch 2. "In Operation Lafiya Dole, we are duty bound to rescue and protect civilians in the conduct of our operations ", General Nicholas stated.

Col Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole

newafricaken254:
today this F-5 fighter pilot ,became a rare breed of kenya air force pilots .who have ejected from their ill fated fighter plane and live to tell about it

Lucky dude........

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwjCEaxAfaI


NEW VIDEOS SHOW PURPORTED ATTACK ON SU-25, INSURGENT WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE DOWNED IT

tdayof:
How much will this bird cost?

The j20


Mass Production and cost

The J-20 has now entered low-rate initial production (LRIP), the small-quantity testing phase prior to mass production. Estimates of J-20 cost ranging from $30 million to up to $120 million. The F-22 had a per-unit cost of $143 million while the T-50 is estimated to cost less than $100 million. China capable of mass-producing the J-20. Higher-end estimates indicate that several hundred J-20s will be produced to replace older fighters.


Other source;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-20

Seened:
Russian hackers fooled the keepers of US drone secrets using the oldest trick in the book

https://gizmodo.com/russian-hackers-tricked-the-keepers-of-us-drone-secrets-1822795417

cc: Tdayof, Brunclezuma

Russians are good at these...

#T5000 SNIPER RIFFLE

jakeporeshenko:
ahh I remember this chap, sending Boko Haram packages from the sky on his birthday.

The Dropship, amphibious assault and command, the second helicopter carrier, Anwar Sadat L1020 of the mistral category, and let's see the rockets of the guy, the 684th anniversary of the category category 3 / Suleiman attributed. The North Fleet of the Egyptian Navy is in a more majestic scene.

A major military official in the Israeli Navy revealed that the Egyptian Navy had a dangerous weapon that Israel would prefer not to have Egypt, and the Israeli officer added that the submarine branch of the Egyptian Navy is growing and very much explaining that it can never be ignored. The Stunning evolution of this branch, referring to the new German submarines that Egypt has received, which is similar to the capabilities of the submarines operating in the Israeli Navy and constitutes a very qualitative leap in the process of arming the Egyptian Army and not in the interest of Israel, which Yale is unaware of its true potential, saying that it would have preferred the Egyptian Navy not to have German
The Israeli officer expressed concern as a result of the large-scale growth of the capabilities of the Egyptian Naval Forces, both on the surface and under water, and the relocation of the "Israeli" site from the Israeli officer to say that the new submarines received by the naval forces Egypt is never in the interest of Israel, although there is no state of hostility or war between Israel and Egypt.
The Officer confirmed that the large Egyptian Fleet is not in Israel's targeting service, stressing that over the past few years, the Egyptian Navy has been equipped with the most sophisticated weapons, most notably the possession of helicopters, French bands and sophisticated german submarines, but the greatest danger is It lies in owning the Egyptian Navy with sophisticated german submarines.
It should be noted that, in the past four years, the Egyptian Navy has strengthened its capacity with a highly sophisticated and modern freedom to meet the challenges facing Egypt along its long coastline over Bahrain and red, as well as to protect huge natural resources in regional waters and The economy of the state, the most recent of which is a giant gas field, which is located 190 kilometres from the Egyptian Coast deep in the Mediterranean Sea, which is considered to be the largest middle-level gas field with confirmed reserves of 30 trillion. Cubic Feet of natural gas.
Here is a quick reminder of the most important marine weapons acquired by Egypt in recent years:
Number of 2 Ships, amphibious assault, two French helicopters.
A heavy, Multi-tasking, French-made frigate.
4 Heavy French Phantom Corr of category c 2500
4 German-made subs category 209 / 1400 mode
4 to create an offensive phantom of the 3-American Category.
I'm not going to be a heavyweight.
7 Super Sprite helicopters for sub-submarine tasks
Link Source Hebrew for who wants to confirm

https://news.walla.co.il/item/3132964

The Assistant President of the Russian Federation for technical military cooperation, Mr. Vladimir Gougeon, revealed in a hadith to the ko of the Russian Federation that Egypt announced in may of 2017 that Russia is the winner of the bid to supply the Egyptian helicopter carriers of the mistral of the You 52 like offensive, gougeon said that Russia and Egypt are currently in the pre-contract phase where the details of the contracts are being finalized and the number of helicopters to be acquired is being finalized.
And about the equipment of the Egyptian Egyptian helicopters, gougeon said: Active work on the subject of the the carriers is still in parallel, where negotiations between the Egyptian and Egyptian sides on weapons systems and electronic systems that will be integrated into the carriers will be carried out as Russia has What Egypt offers in this context says: we have an advantage over those who also want to obtain these requests (the states that have submitted offers of Egypt to the carriers) and expect that everything will become clear during the current year 2018

Source : https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3541181?query=%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82

Sharm El-Sheikh F-901

Follow-up | Egyptian Ministry of foreign affairs warns turkey: any attempt to touch Egyptian sovereignty over the economic zone in the middle east is unacceptable and will be dealt with firmly

Ibrahimanees:
Barely 24hrs After being deployed!

There is urgent need to overhaul the police force IMO

http://thenationonlineng.net/troops-arrest-two-armed-fulani-herdsmen-arms/

Are they blind, firing on troops: these fulani herdsman got balls.


They should avoid been deployed earlier than these

#NAF

PRESS RELEASE

GENERAL IRABOR VISITS SECTOR 4 - URGES MORE VIGILANCE

The Force Commander (FC) Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Major General Lucky Irabor, has urged troops of Sector 4 MNJTF (Diffa) Niger Republic, to be more vigilant and alert in order to avoid any surprise from Boko Haram terrorists. He made this remark during a visit to the Headquarters Sector 4 Diffa recently.

Addressing the Commander, Colonel Major Noma Dari and his Officers, the FC stated that he was in Diffa to assess troops operational readiness. He commended the Commander, his Officers and soldiers for all the contributions made in the counter insurgency operations, but emphasized the urgent need for increased surveillance, commitment and steadfastness. He assured the Sector of the continued support and assistance from Headquarters MNJTF.

Major General Irabor also paid a visit to Sector 4 health unit where he encouraged the soldiers who sustained injuries during a recent operation. He commended them for their sacrifice and wished them quick recovery.

Earlier, the Commander of Sector 4 presented a detailed brief on the activities, achievements and challenges of the formation especially in the ongoing fight against terrorism and insurgency.

The FC was accompanied on the visit by the Deputy Force Commander Brigadier General Seydou Badje, some Chiefs of Cells from the Headquarters MNJTF including: Colonels Ngwah Abdoulaye, Sarki Bako, Oumarou Lawali, Seini Yansambou amongst others.

You are please requested to disseminate this information to the public.

We count on your usual co-operation.

Colonel Timothy Antigha
Chief Military Public Information Officer

jakeporeshenko:
Is the pic related to the headline ?

Yeap

Army launches Operation Cat Race in Benue, Taraba

Centrifude:
You have crazy Alshabab Terrorists next door, you also have some serious political issues and now you have discovered Oil!!

I think we all know what's next (/_\)

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT DESTROYS ANOTHER BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ARTILLERY GUN, AS INSURGENTS REMAIN IN DISARRAY

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), on 6 February 2018, successfully destroyed an artillery gun belonging to the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the vicinity of Sambisa Forest. A NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform had sighted the artillery gun while on a routine surveillance around the outskirt of the Sambisa general area. Consequently, the surveillance ISR aircraft requested for an immediate air strike and a NAF RPA was deployed to interdict the target. Overhead the target location, the RPA acquired and attacked the target, completely destroying the artillery gun and setting it ablaze. NAF aircraft continue to survey the Sambisa Forest and environs as part of the ongoing coordinated air and land operations aimed at ridding the nation of the remnants of the insurgents.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public
Relations and Information

tdayof:
Where did the CH3 go before? I think NAF needs to order more UCAVS from the Chinese. I'll prefer the dangerous CH4.

NAF they vex since the destruction of the MI-17....

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT DESTROYS ANOTHER BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ARTILLERY GUN, AS...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsmqGwEFnWE

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UPDATE ON OPERATION DEEP PUNCH II:
...Troops capture and destroy Boko Haram terrorists major IED making factory

Land and air components of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued to exploit earlier successes made in the conduct of Operation DEEP PUNCH II; an offensive and clearance operation that has in the last four weeks led to severe depletion of Boko Haram terrorists and destruction of several of their enclaves in the fringes of Lake Chad and the Sambisa forest.

Yesterday Tuesday 6th February 2018, the troops, closely supported by the Nigerian Air Force further exploited deep into the far ends of Camp Zairo and aggressively carried out an offensive against Boko Haram terrorists defending a major Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory. The gallant troops successfully engaged the insurgents, demobilized their vehicle borne IEDs and neutralized quite a number of the terrorists, as well as capturing the IED making factory.

The troops have also recovered 88 Gas Cylinders, 1 Laptop computer, one 100m Ultra High Frequency Hand-held Radio (UHF HH Radio), 1 Motorola GP 180, Theodolite and 2 Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The troops also destroyed 22 Motorcycles, 18 Bicycles and provisions store.

It is gratifying to note that buoyed by these unprecedented success, troops morale remain high and are unrelenting in ensuring the imminent and total clearance of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists.

Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news media. Thank you for your usual cooperation.

Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE

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nemesis4u:
quiz

which country should all the terrorists in the world be eternally grateful to for handing out IED manual on a platter ?

USA....