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NAF pilots carrying out flight pre-checks

The Nigerian Air Force is using the FAB-500 M62, a very powerful and high explosive bomb against ISWAP terrorists. This is mounted on the Mi-17 attack helicopter.

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TROOPS OF OPERATION WHIRL STROKE ARRESTED SUSPECTED GUNRUNNERS, RECOVERED WEAPONS AND AMMUNITIONS IN TARABA STATE

On 28 April 2023, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE acting on credible intelligence conducted raid operations to a weapon fabrication factory at WUKARI village in WUKARI Local Government Area of TARABA State. Troops arrested two (2) suspected gunrunners found at the the factory and recovered two (2) GPMG, one (1) KPM, four (4) AK 47 rifles, three (3) pistols, one (1) PKT, five (5) 9mm ammunitions, two (2) 7.63 x 54 ammunitions, seven (7) rifle butts and several parts of different rifles. All arrested criminals and recovered weapons and ammunition have been handed over to appropriate authorities for futher actions

The military high command commends troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE and encourages the general public to avail troops with credible and timely information on terrorist and all criminal activities within their area.

U.S government promises more military support to Nigeria




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr_eNJz3S90

zyber:
What's that pipe thing on the bike seat? Is it some form of motar?

A pipe stand for AAG/technical

bidexiii:
NAF commissions A-29 Super Tucano support facilities and wings additional 6 pilots.

Senior U.S. DOS and DOD officials joined Air Vice Marshal Idi Gamso Lubo of the NAF and others celebrate the completion of $38 million of improvements to the Air Force base in Kainji. The air base improvements is key to facilitating the operation and maintenance of the A-29 Super Tucano wing, and associated munitions stationed there. The base improvements were delivered as part of a larger, historic $500 million U.S. foreign military sale to Nigeria.

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NAF commissions A-29 Super Tucano support facilities and wings additional 6 pilots.

Senior U.S. DOS and DOD officials joined Air Vice Marshal Idi Gamso Lubo of the NAF and others celebrate the completion of $38 million of improvements to the Air Force base in Kainji. The air base improvements is key to facilitating the operation and maintenance of the A-29 Super Tucano wing, and associated munitions stationed there. The base improvements were delivered as part of a larger, historic $500 million U.S. foreign military sale to Nigeria.

The Turkish C-130 military transport plane that was hit by the Rapid Support Forces militias (#RSF) as it was preparing to land at Wadi Sidna Air Base in Khartoum.

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bidexiii:
PHOTOS: Buhari Arrives Army Parade In Military Uniform

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived at the Nigerian Army trooping and presentation of colours parade at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Thursday.

Buhari will unveil 28 out of the 81 national and regimental colours for the newly established and operationalised units and retired unit colours of the Nigerian Army.

Credit: Mahad

President Muhammadu Buhari Personnal Securities

PHOTOS: Buhari Arrives Army Parade In Military Uniform

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived at the Nigerian Army trooping and presentation of colours parade at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Thursday.

Buhari will unveil 28 out of the 81 national and regimental colours for the newly established and operationalised units and retired unit colours of the Nigerian Army.

Credit: Mahad

bidexiii:
Army kills 35 terrorists, destroys 12 camps in Sambisa Forest


The Nigeria Army Troops of the 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and 199 Special Forces Battalion in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest.

The troops headed by one Brig. Gen. Victor Unachukwu a.k.a Emperor, made the unprecedented incursions into the Boko Haram hideouts in its determined efforts to completely eliminate the Boko Haram Terrorists insurgents hibernating along the fringes of the Sambisa forest.

An Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security analyst in the Lake Chad region, that the clearance Operation which began from Awulari

on April 17, progressed further into other identified insurgents’ camps around Garno and Alafa.

He said that the troops further stormed and cleared Izzah and Farisu on April 19, where the troops ferociously engaged dozens of the resisting terrorists in a heavy gunbattle.

The troops overpowered the terrorists after about 30 minutes of gunbattle, killing 18 of them and recovered several motorcycles, AK 47 rifles and an Anti AirCraft gun.

According to him, one member of the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), unfortunately paid the supreme price during the encounter.

The troops further moved to Farisu where they eliminated an additional 8 terrorists. In Alafa, three terrorists were killed, including one Commander, simply identified as "Salafi" was killed, while two motorcycles were recovered.

On April 20, In Ukuba, the ground troops made contact with another set of the insurgents, killing seven. While others escaped with bullet wounds. The troops recovered one truck and two 122 artillery guns.

The gallant troops moved further to clear Garin Glucose where they nutrialised additional two terrorists while other terrorists hastily withdrew and avoided making contact with the approaching troops .

At the end of the three days special Operations, the troops successfully cleared terrorists hideouts in Garno, Alafa, Alafa D, Garin Doctor, Njumia, Izzah, Farisu, Somalia, Ukuba, Garin Glucose, Garin Ba'aba, Bula Abu Amir, communities in Bama Local Government Area in Borno state.

In the course of the operation, some women that were held captive by the insurgents were rescued.


Source: @zagazola

It has been confirmed Nigerian Troops have captured Notorious ISWAP Commander Alhaji Baana alive and eliminated another commander Salafi.

bidexiii:
#BREAKING: In-order to avoid use of its MiG-29M2 fighter jets captured by RSF rebels in Sudan Egyptian Air Force has destroyed & damaged them in Merowe airport. Also, Egyptian AirForce has targeted & destroyed several fighter jets of Sudanese AirForce which had been captured by RSF.
At-least one of the Sudan Air Force's FTC-2000 dual seat fighters on deployment at Merowe airport is also targeted and destroyed by Egyptian AirForce. The aircraft hangar of the base is also destroyed. This is an attempt to prevent RSF (Rapid Support Forces) rebels from using them against Sudanese military.

Source of satellite images is Maxar Technologies.
& @babak

Egyptian military transport planes and naval vessels to arrive soon in Port Sudan for evacuation operations.

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Army kills 35 terrorists, destroys 12 camps in Sambisa Forest


The Nigeria Army Troops of the 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and 199 Special Forces Battalion in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest.

The troops headed by one Brig. Gen. Victor Unachukwu a.k.a Emperor, made the unprecedented incursions into the Boko Haram hideouts in its determined efforts to completely eliminate the Boko Haram Terrorists insurgents hibernating along the fringes of the Sambisa forest.

An Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security analyst in the Lake Chad region, that the clearance Operation which began from Awulari

on April 17, progressed further into other identified insurgents’ camps around Garno and Alafa.

He said that the troops further stormed and cleared Izzah and Farisu on April 19, where the troops ferociously engaged dozens of the resisting terrorists in a heavy gunbattle.

The troops overpowered the terrorists after about 30 minutes of gunbattle, killing 18 of them and recovered several motorcycles, AK 47 rifles and an Anti AirCraft gun.

According to him, one member of the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), unfortunately paid the supreme price during the encounter.

The troops further moved to Farisu where they eliminated an additional 8 terrorists. In Alafa, three terrorists were killed, including one Commander, simply identified as "Salafi" was killed, while two motorcycles were recovered.

On April 20, In Ukuba, the ground troops made contact with another set of the insurgents, killing seven. While others escaped with bullet wounds. The troops recovered one truck and two 122 artillery guns.

The gallant troops moved further to clear Garin Glucose where they nutrialised additional two terrorists while other terrorists hastily withdrew and avoided making contact with the approaching troops .

At the end of the three days special Operations, the troops successfully cleared terrorists hideouts in Garno, Alafa, Alafa D, Garin Doctor, Njumia, Izzah, Farisu, Somalia, Ukuba, Garin Glucose, Garin Ba'aba, Bula Abu Amir, communities in Bama Local Government Area in Borno state.

In the course of the operation, some women that were held captive by the insurgents were rescued.


Source: @zagazola

A Nigerian Air Force Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 surveillance aircraft made a gear-up landing on the grass to the right of runway 18R at Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

Nigerian Air Force CASC CH-4B (4) and CH-3A (3) combat UAVs at an unknown base in the NW.

May the bond between you and Allah become stronger in this holy season. Eid Al Fitr Mubarak #Eid2023

Faithful007:
Those 12 helicopters are already complete, they were initially meant for Pak before the cancellation. However the reason for the delay is that the US silently suspended the export because they want to either send the helicopters to Ukraine or use them to replace the fleet of any NATO member that sends aircraft to Ukraine, then build new ones for Nigeria.

The deal is still on, just that Nigeria may now get it from the production line rather than have those ones that were in storage.

Happy that the deal is still on

GreenOris:
Last Saturday around 9PM the NA ambush the terrorist around Birnin Gwari road between Buruku and Udawa and inflicted severe damage, infact i counted 17 bikes from the video i watched that was captured by the NA, I thought it will make news but....

Thanks for sharing mate.
Not all successful operations are reported to the media this days.

[/b]FG awaiting delivery of attack helicopters – Air force[b]

This is good news for me, I thought we are not going for the AH-1Z cobra attack helicopters again.




https://punchng.com/fg-awaiting-delivery-of-attack-helicopters-air-force/

#BREAKING: In-order to avoid use of its MiG-29M2 fighter jets captured by RSF rebels in Sudan Egyptian Air Force has destroyed & damaged them in Merowe airport. Also, Egyptian AirForce has targeted & destroyed several fighter jets of Sudanese AirForce which had been captured by RSF.
At-least one of the Sudan Air Force's FTC-2000 dual seat fighters on deployment at Merowe airport is also targeted and destroyed by Egyptian AirForce. The aircraft hangar of the base is also destroyed. This is an attempt to prevent RSF (Rapid Support Forces) rebels from using them against Sudanese military.

Source of satellite images is Maxar Technologies.
& @babak

Breaking: Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji Neutralize Terrorists in Zamfara State, Recovers Arms

SuperSixSeven:
We are adapting faster than ever. Thats great news!!

Yeah...

APS Nig. Ltd presenting its Tube launched kamikaze drone to Nigerian Defence research development bureau (DRDB).

Source;@jake

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#PANTHERS

ClearDway4me:
@bidexii and every contributor on this thread,

Please I want to ask if its possible to undergo IT/siwes with the Nigeria air force. I plan to join when I graduate, what skills or training can I acquire to boost my chances.
I'm an engineering student.

Thanks

It's possible and yet difficult.
Depending on your field and how well you're connected

Troops intercept large quantity of ammunition supplied to bandits in Birnin Gwari

In another significant breakthrough, troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted a large quantity of ammunition being conveyed to bandits by a courier around Polewire in Birnin Gwari LGA.

According to a report forwarded to the Kaduna State Government, the troops followed up on credible intelligence around gunrunning activities, and in the course of diligent checks stopped a suspicious-looking vehicle within the location of interest.

A search of the intercepted vehicle - a black Toyota Corolla - revealed more than 2,000 rounds of various grades of ammunition, concealed in different parts of the car.

After a thorough search of the vehicle, the following precise quantities were recovered:

- 1,079 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition
- 886 rounds of 7.62mm belted ammunition
- 139 rounds of 7.62mm tracer ammunition

Five empty AK-47 magazines were also recovered.

The driver of the vehicle, one Aminu Abdullahi, is in custody for further investigation.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai noted the report with satisfaction, and thanked the troops for their proactiveness in denying bandits a major supply of ammunition meant to mete out more destruction and suffering.

The Governor warmly appreciated the leadership of the General Officer Commanding, One Division, Major General T.A. Lagbaja, for the latest notable breakthrough recorded.

Governor El-Rufai charged the security forces to proceed with a thorough investigation of the arrested suspect, and intensify efforts towards dismantling gunrunning networks across the State and beyond.

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