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Drexel Mars: They are even carrying out unmanned landing and taking off on NNS Aradu.

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I got this from Nigerian airforce website.

That is not nns aradu

Happy birthday.

Dozens of suspected Boko Haram militants in Magumeri forest, Borno, have turned to human eaters after being stranded for days without food or water.

Magumeri forest is about 150 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital. Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen yesterday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp at the forest on Thursday when it became obvious that he was going to be eaten.

“I thank God that I escaped because I would have been slaughtered by now to provide meal for my colleagues at the camp,’’ Bukar said. The suspected militant was captured by a youth vigilance group, popularly known as the civilian JTF at Baga Road motor park, Maiduguri, on Friday.

He said the militants had been in the forest since May, when they were dislodged from Marte, Marte Local Government Area, by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) after the declaration of the state of emergency.

“Our group, consisting of about 300 well armed combatants, headed for Magumeri on the orders of the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, shortly before the military took over Marte Camp.

“We have been wandering in the forest. We have exhausted our food and water supply, and so, everybody became hungry,’’ Bukar disclosed. He also said they lost contact with Shekau owing to the closure of GSM services by the Defence Headquarters.

“It all started last Monday when three of the combatants in camp died of acute hunger, and it became obvious that all of us will die if action was not taken.

“The leader of the group, Abu Omar, directed that a non combatant member be slaughtered to provide meal for the rest.

“The meat provided meal for the combatants for just two days and another person was killed in the same manner on Wednesday.

“So, it became certain that I might be the next person since I am also a non combatant member’’’ the runaway insurgent revealed. Bukar said he escaped after volunteering to help search for drinking water for the group in a nearby village.

“I left the camp on Thursday evening after agreeing to fetch water from the village.

“After leaving the camp, I started running until I arrived at Magumeri town, so, I slept in the motor park before boarding a vehicle to Maiduguri with the little money on me.’’ he added.

Bukar said he was apprehended immediately he arrived at the motor park in Maiduguri by the youth vigilance group. An official of the group, Mallam Ajid Asheik, said the suspect would be handed to the JTF on Operation Restore Order (ORO) for investigation.

source: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/stranded-boko-haram-militants-now-cannibals-says-captured-suspect/

[quote author=Maj. Headache]what do you understand by the term light attack aircraft?

It means it can carry limited ammo and such it is best suited to deploying SAMs or air-to-air misisles.

Nukes can be attached because they need not be large to have a devastating impact.

For it to be a ground support aircraft, it has to be able to deploy the necessary paylaods and remain within the vicinity without heading back to base to rearm or refuel.[/quote]Did you just say an aircraft would be carrying SAMs(surface to air missiles). You must be high on the brazilian cocaine smuggled into camp peddleton from mexico. i'm sure you still have the traces in your blood stream, that might be the reason for your constant headaches.

[quote author=Maj. Headache]assh0le check the link again


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault/Dornier_Alpha_Jet#Operators[/quote]show me where it states that the british airforce operated alpha jets.

[quote author=Maj. Headache]I take that back . The brits have them in operation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault/Dornier_Alpha_Jet#Operators[/quote]I wonder how long i would to be correcting you, didn't you read it that it is quinetiQ(a british aerospace defence company) and not RAF that operates them.
This must be the work of maigrain

[quote author=Maj. Headache]ok. correction taken.

but the alpha jet was never meant as a ground support aircraft but as either a dog fighter or for strategic target bombing.[/quote]Another point of correction, the alpha jet hs not a strategic bomber how can you possibly put it in the same category of the b-52s and b-1 lancers. Neither is it meant to be a dog fighter. it is a trainer/light attack aircraft.
You better go take panadol for this headache wey dey worry you sooo

[quote author=Maj. Headache]alpha jets have a limited payload and they are not adaptable to conventional warfare being too slow. A hand held javeline missile can take them out. The BRITS DONT EVEN USE THEM ANYMORE! Helicopter gunships like the Russian Hind will be more suitable.

Think A-10[/quote]Point of correction, the BRITS have never used them in combat before. Once again, your ignorance is indeed a major headache.

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[quote author=Maj. Headache]they were targeting ground targets with minimal deterrents from the ground or air.
Even at that how do you verify that targets were actually taken out and what was the overall cost ratio in deploying air power over soft targets that could be overrun by well trained ground forces?

You cant know more than the guy who wrote the book on air combat.[/quote]"The air missions were so successfull that even time magazine of 1 december 1990 wrote:' the firepower of NAF fighter aircraft has finnally dealt an incalculable blow to NPFL leader' Btw, what was soft about those targets? did you guys not call in air surpport that did a hell lot of friendly fire with your sophisticated f16s and f14s in vietnam and korea

All these your emphasis on dogfights makes you sound like an ordinary hoollywood fan. An airforce is not all about dogfights what is the essence of a supriority if you can't surpport the troops on ground.
Evading anti aircraft artillery in a airframe like the alpha jet while executing dive bombing to deliver "unguided munitions" to well camouflaged targets in the thick jungles of sierra leone isn't childs play

without precision guided munitions and all the sophisticated technologies of your darling marine corp our boy were able the above despite the thick vegetation cover of sierria leone .
http://beegeagle./2012/08/30/ecomog-air-operations-during-the-liberian-civil-war-a-brief-overview/

Between September and
December 1990, the four Alpha
jets deployed by the NAF in
support of ECOMOG operations
in Liberia were equipped with
30mm cannons, 68mm High Explosive and Armour-Piercing
rockets. First Phase of Air Operations :
September – December 1990 * destruction of enemy
convoys retreating along the
Ricks Institute axis on 28th
and 30th October 1990
respectively * During the first few days,
Alpha Jets destroyed the NPFL
troops and supplies inbound to
Monrovia from Robertsfield
International Airport (RIA) * a significant mission was the
rocket attack on gun
emplacements at Robertsfield
International Airport by a
formation of three Alpha jets.
During this mission, one A-Jet sustained aslight damage by
anti-aircraft artillery (AAA or
triple-A as it is called by pilots) * At Kakata, rebel leader
Charles Taylor’s Headquarters
was also bombed forcing him
to move his HQ further north
to Gbanga * During the 3rd week of
November 1990, ships that
were offloading cargo were
sunk at Buchanan seaport
while ammunition dumps and
oil installations were destroyed. According to the then
Commander ECOMOG AIR
DETACHMENT(EAD), Group
Captain Gana “these missions
were so successful that Time
Magazine of 1 December 1990 wrote: ‘ The firepower of NAF
fighter aircraft has finally dealt
an incalculable blow to the
war effort of the NPFL leader’ Phase II of the Air Operations
(Jan to Sept 1992) On 15th October 1992, NPFL
rebels broke the Ceasefire
Agreement and launched an
offensive on Monrovia code-
name ‘Operation Octopus’
aimed at completely rooting out ECOMOG Forces from
Monrovia. According to the then Field
Commander, Maj General Tunji
Olurin, while reflecting on the
situation, observed with
satisfaction that ‘but for my
darling NAF,the situation in Liberia today would have been
different’. Phase III of Air Operations
Oct 1992 to July 1993 The ECOMOG Air Detachment
was redesignated ECOMOG AIR
TASK FORCE(EATF) with the
Task Force Commander now
directly responsible to the
ECOMOG Field Commander. The Beluga cluster, penetration
and general purpose bombs of
various sizes in addition to
existing rockets and cannons
was used to equip the Force
comprising six(6) Alpha Jets. Intelligence reports comfirmed
that the NPFL had acquired ZSU
Shilka self-propelled anti-
aircraft artillery, radar guided
rapid-fire machine guns and
short-range surface-to-air missiles. During the first week, 33 close
air support sorties were
launched using the area
advantage and the
overwhelming firepower of
the Beluga cluster bomb was generously employed to inflict
heavy casualties on the
enemy, beating back the
rebels at Caldwell,Somalia
Drive, Samuka
Junction,Gardnersville and Wood Camp. The NPFL trenches and gun
emplacements were fished out
and attacked with rockets at
Johnsonville and Mount Barclay
area. As the intensity of the air raids
increased, search and destroy
recce missions were sustained
to make life even more
unbearable for the rebels until
the capture of Robertsfield International Airport and
Kakata, with the roads from
Monrovia to Kakata and from
Monrovia to Harbel littered
with destroyed enemy trucks
and light vehicles which fell victim to NAF fighter jets on
recce missions. Initially, all Alpha Jet missions
were conducted in daylight.
The rebels later resorted
almost completely to nocturnal
activities causing unacceptable
casualties to ECOMOG troops, hence the need for A-Jets to
conduct some form of night
activity into the battle area in
order to check the NPFL
nocturnal confidence. The Alpha jet is not designed
for night attack roles as the
basic navigation equipment
onboard depends on
information from ground
stations which were not usually operated on 24-hour
basis. Nevertheless it was
decided to give night
operations a trial. Safe parameters and
procedures to govern night
weapon delivery on the A-jet
were established and this was
incorporated into NAF A-jet
recurrency programme and shortly after,a few of the
“most experienced fighter
pilots were cleared to
undertake night attack
missions. The first of these attacks was
at Caldwell base during the
battle for Monrovia. Also night
attacks were conducted at
Gardnersville and Samuka
Junction and vehicle convoys were also attacked at Harbel
and Gbanga, making life
unbearable for the rebels day
and night. The 70km advance to
Buchanan from Robertsfield
International Airport and its
eventual capture in April 1993
is reported by Group Captain
Gana to have presented most of tactical problems
encountered in a conventional
operation. The A-jets
prevented the NPFL not just
from placing huge obstacles
along the roads but also from blowing up the bridges en
route. One significant achievement of
the fighters in this advance
was the prevention of the
demolition of Saint Johns River
Bridge. This 100-meter long
bridge was observed from the air to have been loaded with
high explosives in preparation
for demolition on the night of
31 March 1993. The successful march to
Buchanan depended on the use
of this bridge,so the A-jets
quickly established a combat
air patrol(CAP) over it as early
as 0500hrs. All attempted movement towards the bridge
by rebels on the ground in a
bid to detonate the explosives
were promptly checked by
heavy cannon fire from the
fighters overhead until ECOMOG troops arrived and
crossed safely after the bridge
had been demined by NA
Engineers. Buchanan town was already
deserted by rebels before its
capture, due to A-jets raids on
their positions. A-jets interdiction missions in
this phase were designed to
interrupt Taylor’s sources of
revenue and war resources As such, bombing missions
were targeted on the
following installations: – Robertsfield International
Airport and other airfields at
Zwedru and Sanniquelle; – Buchanan, Greenville and
Harper seaports – Military installations and
ammunition dumps in Gbanga – Inbound vessels with
confirmed military cargo or
petroleum products – Notorious border posts along
the border with Cote D’Ivoire
particularly the one at
Loguatou. At the end of the interdiction
missions, 6 merchant ships
and several boats were
destroyed.NPFL military and
economic activities were
almost paralysed. It was time for Taylor to once again agree
to a ceasefire conference. These achievements were
fortunately without Air Force
casualty. The fighters flew
well over 1000 combat sorties
and the rebels could not bring
down one aircraft. However, some jets sustained
airframe damage from high
calibre machine guns but none
of the heat-seeking surface-to-
air missiles from the rebels
found its target.

[quote author=Maj. Headache]Joined at 17. 8 years with a tour in Bosnia in 1998. Got a honourable discharge after I quit in 2004 for not getting my sh1t together to join the SEALS.[/quote]So you would have joined the NavySEALs being a MARINE. na waoo

[quote author=Maj. Headache]Joined at 17. 8 years with a tour in Bosnia in 1998. Got a honourable discharge after I quit in 2004 for not getting my sh1t together to join the SEALS.

Demolitions expat and sniper spotter for Marines RECON unit.
Meant I was embedded most times behind enemy lines in frigid cold weather either gathering intel or cutting short someone's existence.

Been there. Done that. Can now talk about dat!

Currently, Get paid to analyse critical security flaws and develop exigent response in the oil and gas as well as provide muscle for high profile visiting VIPs.
And by the way 2015 is a done deal! This country will not survive beyond June 2015.[/quote]So you would have joined the NavySEALs being a MARINE. na waoo

[quote author=Maj. Headache]I dont give a phuck were the picture was taking. I am just stating that they are not worth to be called soldiers as they have nothing to compare with true warriors. You can call them savages and I wont argue but soldiers? Please don't insult this ex-marine.[/quote]Bross, your opinion no be fact.

[quote author=Maj. Headache]The most undisciplined and ill-trained regular army on the planet.[/quote]You are one of those fellows with low quality of thinking that always quote all of the ops post just to eventually write nonsense.
Your low IQ and ignorance is indeed a "major headache"

Tonylyte: And the freshAir continous......go ye and sayeth unto thy brethrens, okoro, audu, dele, okon, odey, et all, who fleeth 4m thy great nation, to come back and b part of the freshAir. For i thy God, chooseth thee dis day a man who capable to lead thee to the land wich i promise to render unto thee...feareth thee not the threat of bokohoram and all who findeth allies in them, for i thy lord who brought thee out of the hands of thy slave masters, keepeth watch till dis day.#teamFreshAir.

Has in.................... Nairaland comment of the year.

braine: Forbes just marketed Nigeria to the world• This is really great for us

Some people are still too blind to see that

UNITY AND FAITH,.................

man knows more aboup space than he does about the ocean.

The element of society, (what people would say) opposes the natural behaviour of "survival of the fittest". That is why the most crucial step taken before fighting any war is the elimination of public sentiments and creation of propagander to get the surpport of the populace and the international community. it is analogous to the a guy taking alchohol or smoking weed to kill his concience before going to carryout an evil act. This is a common practice by western nations unllke most eastern hemisphere nations like north korea and russian most of whom have being tagged rouge states because of the outright condemnation for injustice and the defensive stance they take

i cannot imagine getting tribal marks for any reason.

Msoy: Thank God. First to comment. However, it does not reduce PMS price, or does it?

Fallacy of irrelevance.
so unfortunate that your first post on nairaland is total nonsense.

what is the combined power output of this new plants?

The problem is that Nigerians don't pay tax

[quote author=tpia@]see a doctor if you have hemorrhoids.[/quote]Lol

ikenga67: ! am sorry, but anyone who claims to be "proudly Nigerian" must either be a scoundrel, a holy fool or a masochist!!

You are the three of them together.

wait until you hear Nigerian anthem in brazil 2014 world cup finals. You will know it moves

Sincere 9gerian: We do not need beer parlour gossips from useless anonymous sources. The Nigeria army says Shekau is dead and I believe them. If Shekau is not dead, he should show his face. QED.

Meanwhile, I expect Sahara reporters and other baseless media organisations to publish similar beer parlour gossips in the days to come

Buuulls eye!!!!!!

some Nigerians do not understand that africa and the black race needs a strong Nigeria. Every other region in the world has a superpower to back them up. For now, i do not surpport odua republic, we already have a strong yoruba nation in west africa and south america. let all nigerian sub nations look into the heritage that 100 years of almagation, thus living together has bequitted on us, and emerge to be the woken giant of africa