₦airaland Forum

SupremeCourt:
We have like 40 IFVs but we need 4,000 for NA to carry 40,000 soldiers or only one third of our 120,000 soldiers. Oil is $55 per barrel and militants have started blowing oil pipeline again. How we go take buy IFV now?

We can its our mentality.....

our politicians are buying up-armored vehicles for thereself and families. they also embezzle millions & billions of dollars. So where is the money coming from?

Kalapizim:
I hope this Flight Sergeant is not still on the NE the man don tey there small.

I know people who are on there fourth year, especially in the Army.

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COIN

sconp:
Those people that have decided to make furnitures instead of weapons

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NAF DECORATES RECENTLY PROMOTED SENIOR OFFICERS, HONOURS LATE INSTRUCTOR PILOT


The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has decorated 22 Air Vice Marshals (AVMs) and 28 Air Commodores who were recently promoted by the Air Council. This was the first time such a large number of senior officers would be promoted and decorated by the Service. Also, decorated posthumously was Late Air Commodore Gabriel Ochai who died in an air crash on 24 August 2017 in Kaduna. His wife, Mrs Rita Ochai was in attendance to receive the rank insignia on behalf of her late husband. This was done in an effort to sustain the morale of NAF personnel who fight day and night to keep the country together.
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who decorated the senior officers alongside other dignitaries and their spouses stated that the promotion of the senior officers was premised on their past excellent performances and the resolve of the Service to constantly reward excellence. “Promotion is not a right but a privilege given to selected deserving officers to enable them undertake higher responsibilities,” the CAS added. The CAS reminded the newly promoted senior officers to be always guided by the Service’s social contract with the Nigerian people. According to him, “Nigerian tax payers would expect the new generals to work harder to ensure that their communities are stable, safe and secured”. Air Marshal Abubakar congratulated the newly decorated senior officers and their families while advising them to show commitment to their responsibilities and uphold the core value of excellence for which the NAF is renowned. The CAS charged the newly decorated senior officers to rededicate themselves to the service of the nation and brace up for the challenges ahead.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chief of Administration (COA), Air Vice Marshal Lawal Alao, noted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria annually undertake promotion exercise to motivate its officers towards rededicating themselves to assigned duties and service to the nation. He pointed out that the NAF has done well and made history by promoting 22 Air Vice Marshals and 28 Air Commodores. This, he said, was a demonstration of pragmatism, visionary leadership and commitment by the CAS and the Air Council to sustaining the morale of NAF personnel.
The CAS and selected dignitaries, all of who were assisted by the spouses/relatives of those being decorated, decorated the newly promoted senior officers.
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HUNTERS INTERCEPTS SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM CATTLE RUSTLERS IN BIU, BORNO STATE


Sequel to recent security challenges posed by Boko Haram terrorists in cattle rustling to raise funds for their criminal activities, hunters from Gur village in Biu Local Government Area (LGA), Borno State in conjunction with hunters from Damaturu at about 2:48pm on Thursday 23rd November 2017, intercepted suspected Boko Haram terrorists cattle rustlers east of Burashika village of Biu LGA.
During the encounter that lasted several hours, the hunters killed 1 Boko Haram terrorist, recovered an AK-47 rifle mounted with magazine of 2 rounds and 48 cows, 58 goats, 36 sheeps and 12 donkeys.
All the recovered livestock have been handed over to the security operatives in Gur village pending identification by the rightful owners and handover.
Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman
Director Army Public Relations

Odunayaw:
I suspect you Jake. Tell me, your buddy told you Ba?
how about you give me a Saturday special and tell me how they recruit (and delete msg afterwards)

SupremeCourt:
We have 3 dozens of Ukrainian btr-4 IFV and Czech bpv IFV in Borno, the photos are on intenet. We should stop importing and give Proforce contract for cheap IFV.

the problem is how many of theses IFVs do we have.

we should av them in large numbers; both wheeled and tracked.

Odunayaw:
Finally I see the badge clearly. Can you make out what is written please?

sadly i cant see it, the picture is somehow blunt.

Militants Kill 235 in Attack on Sufi Mosque in Egypt



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/mosque-attack-egypt.html

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Newspaper La Tribune: An Egyptian delegation in #Paris to negotiate a new fighters deal for Egypt... and mini #Qatar may anticipate Egypt to sign an additional deal with 12 fighter

Mini Qatar submitted a request to the French side to obtain 12 additional fighter, according to the French Tribune's sources, and the CEO of dassault airlines has made an official visit to Qatar for the possible additional fighter deal. The first deal, which cost 6.3 billion euros, which was signed in may 2015, and the mini will receive 24 fighter.

The French President, Emmanuel Macron Bin Hamad, met during his visit to Paris recently and expected to announce the deal on December 2017, 2017 during the visit of the French President of Qatar, and the newspaper stated that the presence of such visits was a good opportunity. Yeah, signing a new deal with nice for 300 combat vehicles, a 2-Billion-Dollar blog.

The French newspaper stated that an Egyptian delegation was present in the french capital of Paris this week to negotiate a new fighters deal for the Egyptian Air Force, and the sources did not exclude the Qatar of Egypt to sign the additional deal deal.

http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/douze-rafale-supplementaires-au-qatar-c-est-chaud-pour-dassault-aviation-758959.html

Kalapizim:
Well they have auto pilot, Crews are trained for such emergencies too. for the Charlie's, I think three pilots usually fly with one doing the navigation plus other crews too like the engineer, load master and co. I heard there were six others that day.

Good to hear....A sign of great relief.

Kalapizim:
No the Squadron leader collapsed and died during a flight. luckily he wasn't the only one onboard.

just imagine a scenario where there where only two pilots available and the other died mid-air without a co-pilot to help.....

what happens, do our 130 transport aircraft has auto-pilot capabilities.

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NAF COMMISSIONS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION BLOCK IN LAGOS, IMMORTALIZES LATE C-130H AIRCRAFT PILOT
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday, 23 November 2017, commissioned a block of 6 x 3-bedroom flats for officers’ accommodation at the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base in Lagos. The residential block was named after late Squadron Leader Promise Gbenekannu, a C-130H aircraft pilot, who died on board a NAF C-130H aircraft while on a logistics resupply mission to troops fighting insurgency and terrorism in the North East. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, represented by the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Commanding (AOC LC), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ibrahim Yahaya, stated that it was appropriate for the Base to receive commensurate attention in the provision of facilities for the general well being of the personnel. This was necessitated by the fact that majority of the families of personnel working in different operational areas across reside within the Base.
According to the CAS, “We have embarked on the construction of new quarters as well as renovation and rehabilitation of dilapidated buildings to address the infrastructural decay of the past. Arrangements are in top gear to address many other areas of infrastructural deficit, including the renovation of more accommodation facilities as well as rehabilitation of roads and drainage systems in the Base”. “It is hoped that this would create an enabling environment and motivation for personnel to discharge their duties effectively and efficiently”, he said. The CAS said the NAF would continue to do its best to discharge its statutory responsibility of defending the territorial integrity of the nation. While charging the beneficiaries to properly maintain the accommodation, the CAS expressed appreciation to the Federal Government for the continued support to the military, especially the NAF. He therefore enjoined personnel to sustain the efforts at repositioning the NAF into a highly professional and disciplined force for effective, efficient and timely employment of air power.

Earlier, the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) Logistics Command, AVM Ibukun Ojeyemi, who delivered the welcome address on behalf of the AOC LC, noted that the project was part of the value additions that were continuously being made by the current NAF administration in line with the mantra of the CAS that “There is no finishing line in the race to add value to the society”. He added that 3 other projects were ongoing to further meet the growing accommodation need occasioned by the expansion of the Service in response to national security imperatives.

In recent times, the morale of NAF personnel has been increasingly getting higher as the perennial accommodation challenge within the NAF gets gradually resolved, all thanks to the timely provision of funds by the Federal Government Administration and the focused leadership of the CAS. Present at the commissioning ceremony were the family of the late C-130H aircraft pilot as well as senior officers, both serving and retired.

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peterphd:
First pic, why is that guy wearing an odd coloured shirt? Last pic, why is that guy wearing a fedora like hat? I thought that was for the army alone. Never seen an air man wear that.

- the first pic with a guy with odd T-shirt, his a NN camo T-shirt. I sense the guy is an instructor borrowed from the Navy for that particular exercise. just gussing but the T-shirt is definately Navy.

for the Fedora; the Nigeria Navy and Airforce uses it also.

peterphd:
AHQ guy... Looks real badass. Are the 2 other guys in the last pic Nigerians? They've got a different camo scheme.

te last picture with soldiers with defferent camo; i dont know why they with deffernt camo, but its a regular practise espcially among infantry and its not cool.

Odunayaw:
Is this the American mrap? looks too huge

yeap...........Caiman MRAP

nemesis4u:
bidexiii

how u doing

reason for awol

thanks mate.....

av been busy on a personal, project.

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NIGERIAN AIR FORCE ENGAGES IN COMMUNITY SERVICE IN LAGOS

The Logistics Command of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on, 18 November 2017, organized an environmental sanitation exercise for residents of Mafoluku, Shogunle and Ladipo in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State, as part of its Quarterly Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) outreach programme. The CIMIC Programme, which was aimed at improving the cordial relationship between the NAF and members of the host communities, attracted a large turnout of NAF personnel. Residents of Mafoluku, Shogunle and Ladipo, who were the direct beneficiaries of the Exercise, expressed profound appreciation to NAF personnel for cleaning their environment. The residents, who were very glad at seeing the men in uniform cleaning their communities, expressed their willingness to continue to cooperate and support the NAF in all its activities whenever the need arises. According to the residents, the proximity of the NAF Base to the communities has remained a source of blessing to the host communities. They, therefore, seized the opportunity to commend the NAF for its quick response to distress calls whenever there is a breach of peace in their communities.

The Commander 651 Base Services Group Ikeja, Air Commodore Musibau Olatunji, who was represented by Wing Commander Alfred Ogbonda during the Exercise, stated that the concept of community relations is a crucial departmental activity in the NAF. He noted that engagements with the civil populace enhance relationship between the military and civilians while also encouraging mutual cooperation. According to him, “civilians see the military as unapproachable. We need to interact with them in a manner to show them that we are part of them,” he said. The Base Commander also noted that the Quarterly Exercise would reinforce the confidence and trust of civilians and create the mutual understanding, cooperation and support necessary for the Nigerian Armed Forces to succeed in their operations.

The NAF, under the leadership of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has continued to place a lot of premium on respect for the human rights of members of the general populace and the maintenance of cordial civil-military relations at all NAF bases across the country. About 200 NAF personnel keenly participated in the sanitation exercise.

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abiodunalasa:
By ARs I meant Assault Rifles

OF COURSE I KNOW.

please just do a little research and comfirm.............

abiodunalasa:
Hmmmm I don't get it sir. Because before Kalashnikov there were other ARs.
Pls enlighten me...

from where did you get your informatio from...?

bros the ak is older than the ARs riffle....

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Xbee007:
Ak-47 is the most rugged, durable and the most reliable gun in the world.

let me clarrify things well; there are now modern AK's. not the rough and rusty aks we see around with our armed forces.

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NAF DESTROYS BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS FACILITY FOR MANUFACTURING OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOxwxyt914