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Litmus:

Sébastien Foucan, is of African origin being a black man...

Sébastien Foucan is a french born in paris with only the french nationality and have Guadeloupean descent ( Guadeloup french territory near south america continent ) , he creat the Parkour not alone but with David Belle (a french) and other french members the PARKOUR in france . so wa can say it's a french invention

LZ

MikeCZA:
209 special forces?

The officers who wrote the training and selection manuals must face the firing squad.

to me its misuse of language.. The regiment r infantry focused airforce personnel with little creamy additional capabilities

in fact the QRF...until I c their training regimen till my doubt is cleared

upko1:
LZ

Nice picture.

NAF puma helo flying really low.

MikeCZA:
The numbers are way too high.

Unless the class stared with 3000 men.

They are a specialised infantry regiment, not necessarily a core S.F unit like the AFSF unit or even SBS.

Odunayaw:
to me its misuse of language.. The regiment r infantry focused airforce personnel with little creamy additional capabilities

in fact the QRF...until I c their training regimen till my doubt is cleared

Oh similar to the SAAF's 500 Squadron.

MikeCZA:
Oh similar to the SAAF's 500 Squadron.

something like that

bidexiii:
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Is that a row missile launcher? If it is, why don't we have them in the fields. BH AA guntrucks could be easily taken out with these tools.

If you mean a TOW missile, using it on a BH guntruck would be the ultimate overkill. Plus each individual missile is probably more expensive than the gun trucks it would be taking out.

No the solution to gun trucks are -- a suitable heavy machine gun, high powered sniper rifle, mortar or artillery fire etc.

persius555:
Is that a row missile launcher? If it is, why don't we have them in the fields. BH AA guntrucks could be easily taken out with these tools.

TROOPS AMBUSH BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN MUSAFANARI

Today, at the early hours of the morning, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE ambushed Boko Haram terrorists crossing into Sambisa forest from Komala and Musafanari axis with logistics items.

The ambush party killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists, while 2 soldiers sustained gunshot wounds. The wounded have since been airlifted and are receiving treatment at a military medical facility.

The troops also recovered 2 AK-47 rifles with registration numbers 565214175 and 5-65399 respectively, 4 AK-47 rifle magazines fully loaded, 25 litres of petrol, as well as assorted food items.

They also recovered a motorcycle and 2 bicycles amongst other items from the terrorists.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

persius555:
Is that a row missile launcher? If it is, why don't we have them in the fields. BH AA guntrucks could be easily taken out with these tools.

Am not sure if we av the TOW - ATGM in our inventory yet, the picture was taken in belarus.

It's not cost effective using such TOW -ATGM to take out BH technicals.

bidexiii:


Am not sure if we av the TOW - ATGM in our inventory yet, the picture was taken in belarus.

It's not cost effective using such TOW -ATGM to take out BH technicals.

very true. Like sergealain said, it is overkill to u leash them on BH AA guntrucks. After seeing that Niger base invasion, I think it might come in handy sometimes.Moreover, I'm surprised we don't have them in our inventory. A couple of Africa forces have them. They will be suitable for tank ambush.

SergeAlain:
If you mean a TOW missile, using it on a BH guntruck would be the ultimate overkill. Plus each individual missile is probably more expensive than the gun trucks it would be taking out.

No the solution to gun trucks are -- a suitable heavy machine gun, high powered sniper rifle, mortar or artillery fire etc.

I agree. some small munition is enough for technicals only if spotted early.

a scout quadcoper UAV or scout vehicle with IR EO pod is ok

Also, the TOW is a highly priced US anti tank missile. We have experienced first hand the amount of begging. coaxing and cajoling you need to buy anything from the US (upon say you hole complete money ooo ). And when you need it most if they are unhappy with you they can refuse to re-supply you with missiles thus converting your launchers to junk.

I say go Russian or chinese joo. e.g. The Russians have an equally devastating missile called the Kornet!!

persius555:
very true. Like sergealain said, it is overkill to u leash them on BH AA guntrucks. After seeing that Niger base invasion, I think it might come in handy sometimes.Moreover, I'm surprised we don't have them in our inventory. A couple of Africa forces have them. They will be suitable for tank ambush.

SergeAlain:

Also, the TOW is a highly priced US anti tank missile. We have experienced first hand the amount of begging. coaxing and cajoling you need to buy anything from the US (upon say you hole complete money ooo ). And when you need it most if they are unhappy with you they can refuse to re-supply you with missiles thus converting your launchers to junk.

I say go Russian or chinese joo. e.g. The Russians have an equally devastating missile called the Kornet!!

Come any time or day, I'll go for Russian technology.......

They are reliable, cost and tech effective.

#CION/NORTH EAST...

bidexiii:


Come any time or day, I'll go for Russian technology.......

They are reliable, cost and tech effective.

i would go with Chinese tech too...Very cost and tech effective with even ToT

bidexiii:


Come any time or day, I'll go for Russian technology.......

They are reliable, cost and tech effective.

Russian tech isn't actually cost effective. They are usually just as expensive as western tech only difference is, it's less sanctions prone.

MiG-29 and the F-16 are in the same class, and the cost are comparable. A MIG-29M costs about 48 million a unit, same as an F-16 block 52.


An SU-30SM costs as much as an F-15SE. SU-35S costs is about 85million a unit, same as the Eurofighter, Rafale.

Russian planes also carry a high maintenance cost, Uganda has to pay $15,000 an hour to fly their SU-30s, that's why there is no unit in Somalia.

Odunayaw:
i would go with Chinese tech too...Very cost and tech effective with even ToT

The Chinese provide cost effective solutions for temporary African challenges. If the JF-17 was a western or Russian plane, it would cost as much as the MIG-29k. Yes, the Russians would add IRST and more hard-points, however for a single engine aircraft, I'm willing to wager it would cost up to $45 million.

REGIMENT TRAINING: RTC-BMATT COLLABORATION TURNS OUT ANOTHER BATCH OF GRADUANDS

The Regiment Training Centre (RTC) over the weekend graduated 4 batches of trainees comprising 209 students who successfully completed different regiment training organised by the Centre in collaboration with the British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT). The latest courses include Basic Regiment Officers’ Course and Basic Regiment Airmen/Airwomen Course, both of which are designed to expose participants to theoretical and practical training in Force Protection, Weapon Handling, and Marksmanship. Others are Rigger Course for Paratrooper Instructors, and Rappelling Course specifically conducted for members of the Defence Special Force.

Speaking at the combined graduation ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar urged the graduands to continue to exhibit the expertise acquired during the training and to take advantage of the wide range of opportunities offered by the NAF to continuously sharpen their skills and knowledge in order to be adequately prepared to meet any challenge. The CAS thanked the British Government for her support to Nigeria towards fighting insurgency and other internal security challenges in the country, noting that the partnership with BMATT has continued to add value to RTC, and thus expressed the desire for greater collaboration in other areas.

Meanwhile, the Commander BMATT, Wing Commander John Rees MBE, in his response, has expressed the willingness by his team to extend the existing frontier of partnership with RTC in building the capacity of instructors and students at the Centre. Since its establishment in April this year, the RTC has been into partnership with BMATT to conduct various regiment training for NAF personnel, and those of other sister Services. Before now, the Centre had graduated rappellers for the Nigerian Navy, as well as trained 4 officers and 100 airmen and airwomen in airfield defence and force protection in collaboration with the BMATT.

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It's like the NAF is not making use of its own camouflage again, even when you visit airforce base rarely will use them wear it again, instead it's either the universal or woodland camouflage.

Regional armies struggle in last push against Boko Haram By Joe Bavier | DIFFA, NIGER (Reuters) - "You'll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished," Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats. His words of optimism were belied by the dozens- strong security detail required to protect him as he toured his country's southern border. Seven years into an insurgency that spread from Nigeria into Chad, Niger and Cameroon, regional armies are now in a final push to defeat Boko Haram, a once obscure Islamist sect turned deadly militant group. But lingering divisions in the countries' multi- national joint task force (MNJTF) are complicating that mission. "If there's no strategy to attack Boko Haram together, we won't ever finish with them," Mahamadou Liman Ali, an opposition lawmaker from southern Niger, told Reuters in Niamey. At a time when the world's wealthy nations are focused on the fight against Islamic State and al Qaeda, financial support for the MNJTF's efforts against Boko Haram, which has pledged its allegiance to IS, have fallen short of targets. That has left the task force's members - including Chad, the region's capable but increasingly reluctant military powerhouse - to shoulder the bulk of the costs of fighting the group. Boko Haram's victims, which include 2.4 million displaced, live in hope that this month-old offensive - dubbed Operation Gama Aiki, or "finish the job" in the local Hausa language - might succeed where others have failed. Some have doubts. From where he stays in southern Niger, refugee Usman Kanimbu sees smoke rising from the coalition's air strikes on insurgent positions in Nigeria, the home he fled. "We've fled eight times. Each time we arrive somewhere Boko Haram attacks again. We would keep running, but we can't afford to anymore," he said. "I'm not sure this will ever end." FRAGILE PROGRESS As the sun sets over the Nigerian border, a featureless expanse of sand and scrub trees, soldiers from Niger peered over an earthen bern at territory held by Boko Haram. The skies above the borderlands now rumble daily with the sound of fighter jets. Chadian troops have ventured onto Lake Chad, a Boko Haram stronghold. Regional military officers say they are taking back ground from the insurgents. The task force may indeed be making headway against Boko Haram, which has fewer footholds than it once did. Its leader, Abubakar Shekau, may even be dead. But the MNJTF is a far cry from what it was conceived to be, a dedicated 8,700-strong force blending soldiers from Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin. Instead, the nations rely on their own armies to deal with Boko Haram threats. Troops from Chad, which has the region's strongest military, reinforce when needed then head back home. "Each force is based in its country of origin. There's no integrated force with battalions moving in perfect coordination," said Vincent Foucher, West Africa researcher at International Crisis Group (ICG). ADVERTISEMENT The need for operational integration in the fight against an enemy that knows no borders was exposed during a similar regional offensive early last year. After troops from Chad and Niger drove Boko Haram from a string of towns in Nigeria's far north, they waited in vain for the Nigerian army to arrive and hold them. "We were there for three or four months, but the Nigerian troops that were meant to take over from us were not ready," Niger's Brigadier General Abdou Sidikou Issa told Reuters. Niger and Chad withdrew, according to a source with knowledge of the operation, because they feared becoming an occupying force. Issa said the troops were overstretched logistically, however. Either way, the vacuum they left allowed Boko Haram to reclaim positions and carry on cross- border raids. "That's what's created problems for us again today," Issa said. The MNJTF was meant to prevent a repeat of those kinds of incidents. The African Union endorsed the force in January 2015 and a headquarters was established in Chad's capital N'Djamena to coordinate forces against the ever-evolving threat of Boko Haram. The AU has struggled to rally contributors to foot the bill for the MNJTF's $700 million budget, however. Donors, led by Nigeria and France, pledged $250 million in February, just over a third of what was needed, but dispersal has been slow. The United States has also aided with intelligence and training. A senior MNJTF officer, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak, told Reuters the money received so far was so little that it only had covered the cost of 11 vehicles and some radio equipment, with the individual armies bearing the rest of the costs. "There are all these declarations of intentions, but, in concrete terms, nothing has been done yet," he said. A spokesman for the MNJTF did not respond to a request for comment. "HURTING" A Boko Haram attack last month on Bosso, in southeastern Niger, which killed 32 soldiers and a number of civilians, was the kind of incident the MNJTF was created for. But rather than the multinational force kicking into action as it is supposed to, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou had to fly to N'Djamena to lobby neighbor Chad for help. Having played a lead role along with France in a 2013 intervention in Mali to drive back jihadist groups there, Chad's President Idriss Deby has become indispensable in the fight against West African Islamists. But with low oil prices now causing Deby economic headaches at home and little direct financial support coming from his allies, analysts say he has grown resentful. Two weeks after President Issoufou's visit, Reuters visited a half-finished hotel complex in the southern Niger city of Diffa that had been fully booked out by the Chadian army. The Chadians were nowhere to be seen. Dozens of bungalows sat empty. It would take more than a month for them to arrive. Excluding its oil sector, after 7 percent growth in 2014, Chad's economy contracted by 1.5 percent last year, according to the International Monetary Fund. Oil output rose to record levels, but low prices meant revenues dipped. "This is costing (Deby) a lot of money. There's a big budget crisis ... He's definitely hurting," said Nathaniel Powell, a researcher with the Swiss- based Fondation Pierre du Bois. A Chadian government official did not respond to a request for comment. Niger's tiny army - 15,000 troops to cover 1.2 million square kilometers (463,300 square miles) of territory - is overstretched by Boko Haram, but also by the overflow of unrelated Islamist violence from Mali to its west. Cameroon has meanwhile deployed thousands of troops, including special forces, to its north to secure its own territory against a suicide bombing campaign. And while Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has shown more willingness than his predecessor to take on the insurgents, decades of graft have hollowed out his military and it now faces resurgent militancy in the oil-producing Niger Delta. The senior MNJTF officer said the regional neighbors would continue to improve the force. In the meantime, they had no other choice than to act. "If we wait, Boko Haram isn't going to wait for us, are they?" he said. (Additional reporting by Tim Cocks in Dakar and Alexis Akwagyiram in Lagos; Editing by Tim Cocks, Janet McBride)

@sheyiofficial nice piece.

bidexiii:
It's like the NAF is not making use of its own camouflage again, even when you visit airforce base rarely will use them wear it again, instead it's either the universal or woodland camouflage.

airforce personnel use the woodland camouflage more. I see them everyday with woodland camouflage must times.

Henry240:


Russian tech isn't actually cost effective. They are usually just as expensive as western tech only difference is, it's less sanctions prone.

MiG-29 and the F-16 are in the same class, and the cost are comparable. A MIG-29M costs about 48 million a unit, same as an F-16 block 52.


An SU-30SM costs as much as an F-15SE. SU-35S costs is about 85million a unit, same as the Eurofighter, Rafale.

Russian planes also carry a high maintenance cost, Uganda has to pay $15,000 an hour to fly their SU-30s, that's why there is no unit in Somalia.

Bros, F 16 is around $80 million, while the typhoon and Rafael are above $100 million.

Yes you are right about the maintaining Russian fighter they cost more on the long run but with less restrictions which is a good tradeoff for some countries.

I have a problem with these BMATT guys carry arms in my own country , saw some at a military base with tigh hostler side arms .I dey beef them wallahi .

iblawi:


Bros, F 16 is around $80 million, while the typhoon and Rafael are above $100 million.

Yes you are right about the maintaining Russian fighter they cost more on the long run but with less restrictions which is a good tradeoff for some countries.

Learn to read carefully before responding. There are no definite figures in that post, hence my use of about. I was also referring to the F-16 Block 52 in comparative price analysis, not the Block 60 (UAE) or the Viper variants which cost much higher.