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#Great photo taken from inside the first Egyptian Air Force 200 Airbus where 200, where 4 F-16 F-40 s are being escorted by the presidential aircraft and the bombers are armed with air. Aim-9 prevailing and aim-7 SPARROW 6 missiles per fighter

The Egyptian Presidential Helicopter, which was given by American President Jimmy Carter to President Anwar Sadat.

NIGERIAN ARMY HAS RELEASED 4TH QUARTER 2017 POSTINGS AND APPOINTMENTS OF ITS OFFICERS

The Nigerian Army has today Friday 29th December 2017, released the 2017 Fourth Quarter Postings and Appointments of its Officers. It will be recalled that recently some senior officers were promoted to the ranks of Brigadier Generals and Major Generals respectively, while some have also left service on completion of mandatory years of service in the Army. The posting is also aimed at injecting new hands to further actualize the vision of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, which is “to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its Constitutional roles”.

Accordingly, the posting and redeployment has affected some Principal Staff Officers at Defence and Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders, General Officers Commanding (GOC), Commandants of Training Institutions and Directors, amongst others. In all, the posting and appointments affected 399 Officers.

Those affected include, Major General RO Yusuf Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), who is now the Chief of Policy and Plans (Army), Major General AA Salihu, Chief of Defence Communications will now take over as Commander, TRADOC, Major General LO Adeosun, also from Defence Headquarters, has been appointed Commander, Infantry Corps, Major General CM Abraham has been moved from 2 Division to Defence Intelligence Agency as Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, while Major General OF Azinta replaces him as General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Major General SA Adebayo is Director Foreign Liaison, Defence Intelligence Agency, Major General US Yakubu is now to take over as Commandant of Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre, while Major General FO Agugo, is now Commander, Command Army Records, while Major General JS Malu is now the Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Engineers and Major General JGK Myam, the Director of Operations is now the Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja.

Others affected include, Commander Guards Brigade, Major General MS Yusuf, who is now General Officer Commanding 6 Division, replacing Major General EO Udoh, who is reassigned to 81 Division as GOC. In same vein, Brigadier General UT Musa is now the Commander Guards Brigade. Major General IBJ Okeke is now Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Medical Corps, while Major General KO Kadiri is now Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Welfare Holding Limited/Guarantee. Similarly, Major General EJ Enenche has been appointed Commandant Army War College Nigeria, while Brigadier General JA Agim is now the Acting Director Defence Information and Brigadier General JTE Chukwu is now the Commandant of Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information.

Brigadier General LT Omoniyi has been appointed as the Commander of the newly established 17 Brigade with Headquarters in Katsina, Brigadier ET Essien is now Commander 29 Task Force Brigade, while Brigadier General TA Lagbaja is coming from Headquarters 8 Division to Army Headquarters as Acting Director Operations and Brigadier General GN Mutkut takes over as Commander 7 Multinational Joint Task Force Brigade.

All the postings and appointments takes effect from 2nd January 2018.

Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman
Director Army Public Relations

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Happening now is the is the ascending of the famous Aso Rock by the troops of Guards Brigade Nigerian Army to mark the formation's end of 2017 training year. One unique aspect of It is the presence of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai as Special Guest of Honour. Typical of him, he is also ascending along with Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters:

#EAF Strategic bomber inside a museum

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i am a foodie , so looking for excuses to know about other countries cuisines etc

To conclude the 2017 Xmas /end of year visit to units, the GOC 8 Division, Maj Gen SO Olabanji today, visited 118 Task Force Bn Gudumbali, 145 Bn Damasak, 158 Task Force Bn, Kareto and HQ 5 Bde Gubio. The GOC conveyed COAS end of year message to officers and soldiers. Similarly, he commended troops for conducting themselves well and urged them to remain focused and ready for the challenges ahead. He charged Commanding Officers to undertake "complete assessment of their unit's combat efficiency". Images of the visits below:

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[Let me just rile bidexiii ] What juicy targets for the Israeli Air Force in the unlikely event of hostilities !

Hmmmmm......seriously the IAF would be shocked and surprised these time around.

M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks belonging to fourth Armored Division of the Egyptian third Army ����

5 Killed, 18 injured In Fresh Boko Haram Suicide Attack At Konduga





http://saharareporters.com/2017/12/28/5-killed-18-injured-fresh-boko-haram-suicide-attack-konduga

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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian army has been visiting frontline troops within his AOR to celebrate Christmas.

Photo credit: HQ Nigerian Army

COMMANDER 21 BRIGADE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH TROOPS AND IDPS IN BAMA

The Commander 21 Brigade Nigerian Army Brigadier General GB Audu, today, 27th December 2017, celebrated the Christmas with troops of the Brigade, sister security agencies, members of the Civilian Joint Task force, Kesh Kesh, Bama Community leaders and some members of the Non Governmental organisations working in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.

The Commander expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the troops in discharging their constitutional roles while urging them to sustain the tempo of the successes so far recorded by always maintaining high level of alertness. He further commended the sister security agencies, Vigilante groups and the community leaders for their continuous cooperation.

General Audu, however visited the Bama Internally Displaced Persons camp where he celebrated with the children and donated some relief materials

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NIGERIAN AIR FORCE COMMISSIONS FITNESS CENTRE FOR FRONTLINE PERSONNEL IN MAIDUGURI

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commissioned a new fitness centre for frontline personnel serving as part of the Air Task Force, Operation LAFIYA DOLE in Maiduguri. The fitness centre was commissioned by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans at NAF Headquarters Abuja, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Muhammadu Mohammed. During the commissioning event, the CAS stated that the fitness centre would afford the officers and airmen/airwomen serving in the frontline the opportunity to maintain a sound mind in a sound body, which is necessary for the discharge of the task assigned to them. He therefore urged them to make good use of the facility to build a healthy state of mind towards more efficiently combatting insurgency in the Northeast. The CAS also seized the opportunity to express appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for his support to the NAF and other security agencies deployed to the Northeast.

Earlier, the Commander of the Air Task Force, AVM Idi Lubo thanked the CAS for envisioning the fitness centre project. He added that the fitness centre would encourage the frontline personnel to maintain a healthy lifestyle, which is necessary for excellent service delivery. It would be recalled that the NAF, had in recent times, either built and equipped new gymnasia or renovated existing gymnasia in most of its bases across the country. Of note is the gymnasium, which was recently commissioned in Yola for use by the frontline personnel serving in Yola. The commissioning of the new gymnasium in Maiduguri ensures that all NAF frontline personnel actively involved in the counterinsurgency operations have ready facilities to maintain their physical fitness.

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#AlgerianAirForce Mi-28NE/UB !! During Test Flights in Rostvertol Heli Plant - Rostov-On-Don - #Russia in #Algerian Desert Camo Equipped with President-S Onboard Defense System and N025 Mast-Mounted Radar (c) Ми-26

Somali forces equipped with Turkish made MPT-76 assault rifles. Turkey has gifted Somalia 450 of these modular rifles.

#Egyptian_army rapid deployment force members armed with SIG Sauer SIG516 assault rifle .

Russian Ratnik-3 military combat gear.

F-16 aircrafts for #Egyptian air force in one of Greek air bases .

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Turkey To Buy Four S-400 Missile Divisions From Russia Under $2.5 bln Contract .

Egyptian Paratrooper Special Forces with a CZ 807 rifle.

Kenya Para displaying some of their gear and weaponry including one M-4 with a M203 grenade launcher and SCAR-H assault rifles.all rifles have mounted TA648: ACOG 6x48 Scope

Egyptian Riflemen and Military Police

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While Thunderbolt may showcase "better" kit. The majority of Regular and Reserve Egyptian Riflemen/Ground Close Combat are incredibly poorly equipped.

Thunderbolt/Para only several thousand strong. Over 100,000 infantrymen are still stuck in the 1960s.

Egyptian Mechanised Infantry