₦airaland Forum

SamuelAnyawu:
Baba Nigeria is not serious about this war.

Haba Baba we are not kids na

Any little thing we console ourselves with middle East war.

You know the truth bro

There is no truth anywhere.

Bidexiii has provided a sound argument, when don't you debate that with sound evidence of your own?

ugo4u:
That was the highest loss they've experienced in their history such things are bound to happen once in a while.
2 years ago the Chadians angrily withdrew their troops from Nigeria citing cowardice from our soldiers, Baba forget if it's desert warfare Nigeria no reach them.

SamuelAnyawu:
They are Good bro Its painful but we cannot swallow the truth

komekn:
IMO they got complacent fell asleep, the worst singular loss in thier history.

Now it seems Boko have woken up.the sleeping Tiger � and it's bitten off thier head and ripping them to shreds.

So Boko have decided to run into Nigeria where they seem to think it's safe for them.

92 soldiers dead in a single attack is the highest tally for Chad, however we should also remember chad only started suffering Book Haram attacks in Chad in 2018.

I added the 36 soldiers Chad also lost in Mali in a single attack.

Where is the evidence that Chad has a better military, especially in dealing with Terrorism than Nigeria?

It's shameful that their are Nigerians supporting Chad over the Nigerian military because of a few PR stunts.

Chad: Boko Haram kills 23 soldiers in Dangdala attack

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2019/03/22/boko-haram-dangdala-chad-raid-gueskerou-niger/

The same day the Chadian army announced that it lost 36 soldiers during the three-month intervention in northern Mali and suffered another 74 wounded. In total the presence of Chadian soldiers in Mali costs the country 57 billion CFA francs (87 million).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian_intervention_in_northern_Mali

Boko Haram kills 92 Chadian soldiers in seven-hour attack

11 Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: authorities

https://m.guardian.ng/news/world/11-chadian-soldiers-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-authorities/

Over 20 Chadian soldiers 'killed in Boko Haram raid'

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/03/20-chadian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-raid-190322154007633.html

ugo4u:
Forget propaganda as far as desert warfare is concerned Chadians are the best in the sub-region it's a fact, this people are battle tested for over 40yrs in assymetric warfare, remember these guys dealt with Ghadaffi's soldiers. IBB destroyed the military, that's a fact he purposely whittled down the powers(budget/personnel) to protect his regime while we should have used that peace time to strengthen our military.

Chadians are the best in Desert warfare.

So how did Boko-Haram manage to kill 90 Chadian soldiers in a single attack?

as part of its contribution towards curbing the spread of #COVID-19,
@NigAirForce
Investment Limited (NAFIL) Tailoring Workshop Port Harcourt has begun the mass production of PPE & face masks for Armed Forces personnel & frontline healthcare workers. Thanks.

ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA AND NIGERIEN TROOPS CLEAR BOKO HARAM/ISWAP ELEMENTS AT TUMBUN RAGO AND TUMBUN FULANI IN BORNO STATE

1. In continuation with the ongoing clearance operations in the North East Theatre of Operation, combined troops of 403 Special Forces Brigade Baga, Niger Republic Troops supported by Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE had a fierce encounter with some Boko Haram/ISWAP elements at Kure village along Tumbun Rago and Tumbun Fulani general areas of Borno State on the 6th of April 2020.

2. Consequently, the terrorists were decisively dealt with during the encounter. The terrorists suffered heavy casualties and uncomfirmed number escaped with gun shot wounds. Some of the items recovered include;
One Gun Truck, One Anti Aircraft Gun, One Motorcycle. Others are One Light Machine Gun, One AK 47 Rifle and a magazine, Two Hundred and Twenty Seven (227) rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition and ten (10) rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammunition.

3. There was no casualty or equipment losses by the joint military forces.

4. Members of the public are once again requested to continue to cooperate and support the security forces with credible information that could aid/hasten the completion of the ongoing clearance operations.

You are please requested to disseminate this information and attach photographs of the operation through your media for the awareness of general public. Thank you for your usual support and cooperation.

BENARD ONYEUKO
Brigadier General
Acting Director
Defence Media Operations,
Defence Headquarters
7 APRIL 2020

Nigeria and Niger troops clear Boko-Haram terrorist.

Nigerian made Ezugwu MRAP APC

Habane:
After 3 years of visiting this thread, i finally see a picture with me inside.
Kabe you just made my day.

I'm glad to help. However I would prefer you stay anonymous, if indeed you are any of the soldiers in the above pictures.

youghs:
I meant like 100 meters away,,it would still penetrate?

The only helmet that I know that can stop AK rounds is the one worn by Nigerian special forces. Navy , army, Police and Air Force. I have forgotten the name.

rka2:
Wow! That the Chadians had a successful engagement with ISIS/BH, albeit it was a joint MNJTF operation with NAF ISR assets and helos, now makes them Gods? So the fact they lost over 90 troops is swept away and a photo opportunity by Mr Deby now qualifies him as a hero?

The fact that a lot of the islands were in Chad didn't matter at all and the successes of the NA in killing lots of BH/ISIS fighters in the past, not to talk of the various videos of the NAF blowing up BHT/ISIS ammunition dumps don't matter because we don't have NA soldiers laying over the ammunition in vogue style?

A lot of folk would laugh and say "lies" whenever the Armed Forces have bad a successful operation but any thing foreign is "true".

You have people with different agendas on this thread from a certain faction that can never see anything good, to people of a certain political affiliation to also people determined to spread misinformation.

Every country has faults and problems waging a war and there will be set-backs as well as victories.

The NAF for one is vastly under-equipped and the entire inventory isn't even enough to wage a sustained war in the NE not to talk of the different theatres they are currently operating in. For those asking where the air force is when troops are attacked, you do know that you need a FAC/JTAC with every patrol/base who can co-ordinate with pilots in the heat of battle as the pilots can't differentiate between friend or foe from up high? Ask the pilots in the Rann incident.

An SU-25 won't make much of a difference if there is nobody on the ground to co-ordinate with unless there is a clear gap between friend & foe. You will need a hell of a lot of assets to be able to sustain helos/fighters for every engagement taking into account downtime, training etc. If you utilise all your assets at once, you will end up with nothing operational further down the line.

The Tucano will help a lot because of its advanced avionics/weapons and the fact it can loiter for over 8 hours with ISR capabilities even after expending its weapons.

I have no interest in politics and you guys who vote can choose your leaders and they are a reflection of society. I only care for the Armed Forces whoever us in charge and it is quite disheartening to see people being so disrespectful to the Armed Forces and indeed the country because of selfish interests.

You have no other country. Carry on.


https://t.guardian.ng/news/nigerian-army-destroys-iswap-camp-at-tumbun-fulani-in-northern-borno/

It is mad incredible. Completely saddening.

People on here, come on a pass utter disinformation, with others cheering them on.

The Nigerian military releases videos, pictures and press releases almost on a daily basis.

Yet, Nigerians, especially some people in this thread a blind to that and instead are more interested in spreading lies and falsehood.

The Nigerian army despite a number of setbacks has shown tremendous success in the first against terrorism.

Chad killing 20 Boko-Haram and uncovering arms although commendable pails in comparison to what the Nigerian military has done and continues to do in the NE.

jln115:
Need to nit pick everything don't you? First it was me stating an Mi35 is a Mi24(which it is btw) now this!!

The video shows the look to kill feature of the Rooivalk, meaning the WSO simply has to look at the target with his head to engage the target, the Mi35m does not have that capability, also the Rooivalk popping over hill like that also displays its NOE capability.....another capability the Mi35m does not have!

It is not the same thing. Different helicopters.

MI-35m NOE capability

It has an advanced FCS

marvin906:
21 or 24

Deliveries would start in 2021.

BabaOwen:
The Japanese attacked the US mainland during WW2. The Nazi military was over stretch when the US joined.

No, even before the US formally entered the war they had imposed incredibly harsh sanctions on Japan. The US cut off oil supplies to Japan.

Hawaii is not US main land.

BabaOwen:
I'm not a journalist.

Anna news correspondents reporting in Syria are not journalists by profession.

jln115:
No wonder the M23 threw in the towel

An intimidating beast the Rooivalk is !!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X141Nm709F4&fbclid=IwAR02_Xk4Su2IHeXovfecoW3qP1SxFh4T-FMIrgKfSd3f3d3qMLNG_S6MvXY

PS Watch full screen!

Nice video, but all helicopters do that.

BabaOwen:
The Nigerian military is doing it every day, yet we hardly see the kind of large cache the Chadians are showing us

Your own president, when last has he talked about terrorism in the north east?

The Nigerian army is currently recruiting war journalists, you can apply.

Since you doubt the capacity of the Nigerian military, you can go there and see for yourself.

BabaOwen:
Are the French fighting terrorism in France?

Are the Americans fighting terrorism in the USA?

When will the Nigerian army liberate Borno North senatorial district from ISWAP?
The Nigerian military is doing it every day, yet we hardly see the kind of large cache the Chadians are showing us

Your own president, when last has he talked about terrorism in the north east?

France is a major power and a former colonial master of 11 out of 15 West-African countries.

France has military bases housing fighter jets, drones and Naval assets in Chad, Niger, Cameron, Mali, Ivory Coast, CAR, and can use military bases in Benin and Senegal.

The French army currently has 4,500 soldiers deployed in Mali, supported by 60 aircrafts ( fighter planes, transport planes, helicopters and Drones).

France has been fighting terrorism in Mali for 7 years.

The US military has the world's largest forward force projection ever recorded in human history.

It doesn't matter where the war is. The US has never been attacked. In WWII, The American war machine turned the tide against the Nazism in Europe.

Nigerian army would defeat this terror.

Salatavor:
Don't say this, ever again. This is exactly what you people want, an avenue to loot money for years to come... Syria is fighting for how many years, is Nigeria Syria? do you think Syria will fight BHT for less than two months? Hit and run to kill 100 soldiers. You say you reduce somebody and the person became more deadly, no sir, please give us our old time BHT back.

Syria is a good example. France is also a good example.

BHT is still kicking, yes, but they have been reduced to pockets.

There are no more rampant bombings, they are no more frequent attacks in urban areas like Maiduguri, damaturu and mubi.

100 Nigerian soldiers did not die. Stop inflating figures. It is utter dishonesty to do that.

47 Nigerian soldiers died in an ambush in a war zone, regrettable, but we must understand that these things happen in war zones.

What is the army's reaction, what precautionary steps have been taken to avoid this sort of incident from happening again, this is the focus.

The old BHT is dead, the Nigerian army made sure of this.

youghs:
can this one protect soldiers against Aks

No, most helmets don't protect against AK rounds.

More photos

FIGHT AGAINST INSURGENCY: NAF GRADUATES ANOTHER BATCH OF HELICOPTER BACKDOOR GUNNERS, TRAINS ARMY PERSONNEL IN AIR-GROUND INTEGRATION FOR ENHANCED SYNERGY

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated another batch of Helicopter Backdoor Gunners (HBDG) comprising 12 Nigerian Army (NA) and 19 NAF personnel to enhance synergy between the Services and other security agencies in the fight against insurgency. The graduation of HBDG Course 6/2020, which took place today, 6 April 2020, at the Commando Village of the Regiment Training Centre (RTC), NAF Base Kaduna, would facilitate effective air-ground integration that would improve the freedom of action of surface forces at all echelons during combat operations. In the course of the 5-week intensive training, the students received tutorials on tactics, techniques and procedures for providing insertion and reinforcement capabilities as well as Close Air Support to ground troops during battle. It would be recalled that 10 Nigeria Police Force personnel were trained in the last HBDG Course 5/2019.

Speaking during the graduation ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, represented by the NAF Chief of Training and Operations, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) James Gwani, stated that the training was necessitated by the fluid nature of the contemporary security challenges facing the Nation. He noted that the use of rotary-wing platforms had become imperative for Close Air Support, as experience over time has shown that rotary-wing platforms are the best suited to the battle space against insurgents, terrorists and other non-conventional forces. He added that, in line with his vision of transforming the NAF into a highly professional and disciplined force through capacity building initiatives, the NAF had taken deliberate steps to build the capacity of its Regiment personnel to the skill level required to protect bases and assets as well as support NAF engagements across the Country. According to him, “the NAF subsequently embarked on training of over 4,000 personnel, both overseas and locally, in order to build adequate capacity in response to national security imperatives. This initiative has ensured that our Bases are well secured thereby providing the necessary platform to guarantee mission success”, the CAS said. Air Marshal Abubakar equally highlighted that the incorporation of the 12 NA personnel on the HBDG 6/2020 was done in the spirit of inter-Service cooperation as well as to ensure synergy for enhanced effectiveness and efficiency in the conduct of joint operations.

While congratulating the graduands for their success on the Course, the CAS urged them to imbibe the attributes and core values of the NAF of excellence, honour, honesty, courage, humility, perseverance and adaptability during operations and in their various fields of specialization to ensure success. He noted that the Course was deliberately made to be both physically and mentally demanding to prepare them for the tough challenges ahead. “Your commitment and determination during your training has distinguished you and made you all to earn a place among the elite teams in your respective Services”, he added.
Air Marshal Abubakar expressed gratitude to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammed Buhari, for the priority attention given to the training, operational and other requirements of the Service, noting that the support provided by the Federal Government had positively impacted on the NAF’s operational efficiency and had enabled the provision of improved welfare services to personnel. He equally commended the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Ground Training Command (GTC) as well as the Commandant and staff of the RTC for their dedication in ensuring the training of combat-ready personnel for the Service.

In his welcome remarks, the AOC GTC, AVM Idi Amin, noted that the increasingly complex nature of the contemporary threat environment required properly equipped, highly-trained and well-motivated forces. Accordingly, he said, the GTC, through its various training centres, had sustained the training and retraining of NAF personnel in non-technical ground duties, including Regiment and Special Forces (SF). In this regard, he stated that the RTC would continue to conduct training to produce highly professional and disciplined personnel that would be effective, efficient and timely in their response to national security challenges.

Speaking further, the AOC highlighted that the 5 weeks intensive HBDG course, which he said exemplifies 2 of the key drivers of the CAS’ vision of ‘human capacity development through robust and result oriented training for enhanced professional performance’ and ‘focus on comradeship, regimentation and inter-Service cooperation’, covered drills in an array of both combat and non-combat actions in offensive and defensive operations. He further explained that the training covered instructions and subjects on the practical applications of the science of ballistics, gunner strategy and duties, helicopter and rope safety procedures, heavy weapon fire and range classification exercise, survival techniques, practical rappelling from tower and helicopter as well as static and moving vehicle firing, amongst others.

The occasion featured tactical demonstration by the graduating students, which included an air-ground assault simulation exercise involving the engagement of an enemy location by a HBDG from an EC-135 Helicopter as well as the rappelling of SF personnel from a Bell 412 Helicopter into a hostile environment to flush out bandits from their camp. Awards were also presented to graduating students who had distinguished themselves during the Course.

Also in attendance at the event were the AOC Air Training Command, Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Deputy Commandant Nigerian Defence Academy, representative of the General Officer Commanding 1 Division NA as well as Commanders of co-located units in Kaduna.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

marvin906:
hey guys what's the update on the super tucanoes delivery to Nigeria

2021.

bidexiii:
Why his it shinny like this ?

Maybe dem shine with Polish.

I don't know oh.

Odunayaw:
kabe1 just de gimme joy!

Thank you Sir.

Nigerian made ballistic helmet.

They provide protection against shrapnel and 9mm.

HAL Tejas FOC standard MK1

Toju200:
Kabe1 post the new one pls and the ones you promised to post since na

Image got corrupt that's why.

Ezugwu MRAP APC

Powered by a Chinese engine, the Ezugwu MRAP APC can withstand a 7kg mine under belly and a 12kg mine under wheel.

Crew compliment - Driver, Commander, 2 heavy machine gunners and 8 dismounts.

Unit cost is 70 million Naira.

194,000 USD.

bidexiii:
Don’t let us deceive our selves, even if terrorism in Nigerian is been fought by Russia, American and Israeli military they will not put end to it. They might even make things worst which is there trade mark.
Terrorism is an ideology you can only reduce it to the minimal.

France is still fighting terrorism with us in West-Africa, it has been 7 years already.

America has been fighting terrorism in Somalia since 1993.

Because Chad killed 20 Boko-Haram and uncovered arms, ignorant Nigerians are using it as an opportunity to talk arrant nonsense.

Forgetting that the Nigerian military does this everyday.

nemesis8u:
Can u post the pics ?

Training is with Macros.

From what I understand, they had underwater, HAHO & HALO, CQC, Heli borne insertion, beach landing and FRIES training with Macros.

nemesis8u:
With Marcos ?

I don't know the unit, but I saw pictures.