₦airaland Forum

bidex111:
BH/ISWAP? training with quadcoptors in sambisa forest/lake Chad Basin area.
The military must be ahead of this scum-bags, i pray these guys wouldn't graduate to the next level FPV drones to attack military FOB, we must be always 10 steps ahead of these guys.

kabe1:
Did the army say how many units they got?

Toju200:
useless government YES worse and clueless chiefs NO. Mention to me what they're haven't done compared to other service chiefs. The family of the victims wanted negotiations, infact it was the first right step to take, it took a really long time then it stalled.
Special Operations units from ONSA and DHQ are currently in the forest for the rescue operation.
In the initial phase of the rescue during negotiations period we lost two men during heavy clashes, the terrorists are large the area is laden with IEDs it would take awhile but they'll be out soon

bidexiii:
[/b]A year-by-year breakdown also showed a steady increase in appropriations throughout the review period.

The Army received N463.4bn in 2020, rising by 10.2 per cent to N510.6bn in 2021. Funding increased further to N580.8bn in 2022 before climbing to N665.1bn in 2023.

The upward trajectory continued in 2024 when the allocation rose to N789.8bn, an 18.8 per cent increase from the previous year.

The biggest increase came in 2025 as the Army’s budget almost doubled to N1.48tn which is an increase of 88.1 per cent increase over 2024.

For 2026, the appropriation rose marginally to N1.50tn, bringing cumulative allocations for the seven-year period to N5.99tn, an overall increase of about 224.8 per cent from the 2020 figure[b]

https://gazettenaija.blog/army-received-n2-89tn-from-n5-99tn-six-year-budget-amid-battlefield-losses-investigation/

bidexiii:
N̈AF as sustained in your own words intelligence and precision strikes, Yeah that's why its the air arm but it's not enough. They can perform better than this, so as the other sister security agencies; especially NPF, NA etc..

Its a shame than NA/NPF can't perform a rescue mission for those kidnapped victims in Oyo State, there excuses as always being; "High risk of loosing the hostages". After how many years of fighting terrorism/banditry and kidnapping onee would think that we should have outgrown this stage and beheading of the challenges we are facing.
The NA is struggling to sustain a "Tier-1/2 dedicated SF", When the NN SBS is doing with ease.
Stop celebrating mediocrity!

bidexiii:
Did my research and at no point in time has NA received a very low budget in recent times.
I dont know where you got your news from but NA as recieved the highest percentage of Defence budget in the last five years amongst all other service branch.

bidexiii:
Baba, forget about all these excuses, Stop giving verging for all this Chiefs, The present security Chiefs have showed that they've not learnt from previous past happenings.

bidexiii:
I would not like to say your information right here is false, input it to you that what you posted here is wrong.
The Nigerian Army as never gotten a budget that low in recent years.
I challenge you to post your source!

bidexiii:
20% of totall budget or just 20% of totall money meant for defence ?
Go get your facts rights, I agree that our military/defence dont get proper funding amidst the corruption by politicians and top-brass but its way better than years back, yet past security Chiefs performed way better than what we've got now.

bidexiii:
So why can't they rescue those kidnapped in Oyo state ?

bidexiii:
Stories...
This is the nature of counter-insurgency, so save this execuses. They got more funding, better equipment way back than the "caliphate days".

"The NA & NPF can't conduct rescue mission for those captured students and teachers in Oyo state, this is not Sambisa Forest that is so dreaded or dangerous.
"Some times i just think of what the NA as become and what are we actually capable of ?

gomol:
1) How did they create base(s) in an area tens of kilometers from their known areas?

2) They need foods, water,drugs, energy and weapons,how do/did they move them?

Undetected by any of the numerous intelligence agencies

bidexiii:
Stories...
This is the nature of counter-insurgency, so save this execuses. They got more funding, better equipment way back than the "caliphate days".

"The NA & NPF can't conduct rescue mission for those captured students and teachers in Oyo state, this is not Sambisa Forest that is so dreaded or dangerous.
"Some times i just think of what the NA as become and what are we actually capable of ?

bidexiii:
The present security Chiefs; especially the CDS, COAS & CAS are the most clueless Chiefs have seeing, Security as never being this worst in the Nations history.
The present CDS when he was COAS was terrible. Even during the dark days security has never beeing thie worst.

bidexiii:
We have a useless government, heartless & wicked politicians. And also worst and clueless service Chiefs i have ever witnessed at the countries history. If generals are slaughtered like dogs, what would be the faith of civilians.
I even heard rumours that the State government paid ransom but those barstard have refuse to released the hostage.

Exnavyboy62:
Correct, also it won’t make sense to procure new Mil Mi 35s when the NAF is expecting the AH-1Z vipers, and operates T-129 Atak, AW-109M light attack helos, Mil Mi 17 Gunships and has converted some of its EC-135 into gunships.
Perhaps 3x Mil Mi 35s will be reactivated to serve as a stop gap pending the delivery of the AH-1Z viper.

kabe1:
Nigerian made Special Forces Vehicle on internal deployment.

gomol:
If they were tracked and smoked they would have posted the video but they probably left them cat walking

Odunayaw:
Which vehicles are in pic 1 and 4?

bidexiii:
[/b]#OSINT
A NAF CH4/WING LOONG UAV DRONE AT THE BACKGROUND OF NAF BASE.
The male UAV can been seeing visibly carryjng a tactical Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) or Communications Intelligence (COMINT) pod[b]

Photo crdits; @battleNGN

bidexiii:
The @NAF as been hitting BHT/ISWAP harding the last 24 hours, especially around Lake Chad-Basin area.

Here are some Strike videos/BDA link;

Operation Hadin Kai has wiped out over 30 ISWAP terrorists in precision airstrikes around Kaniram Island, Lake Chad. 💥🔥

ISR spotted 31 boats moving logistics along the riverbank. Jets struck, destroying boats and degrading terrorist supply lines. Follow-on strikes hit… pic.twitter.com/dOdJzLzIfD

— Daoptimist⚓🌊🔥✨ (@GallantDaletian) April 22, 2026

https://x.com/i/status/2046903005581017550

bidexiii:
WE'VE LOST 3 CH-4 UAVs, I ONLY KNEW OF THE RECENT ONE ?

Faithful007:
If the air force with her Alpha jet fleet, A29 fleet, armed l39 fleet, armed drones, light attack choppers, Viper and MF346 squadrons on order, still cannot provide adequate air support,

then the problem lies closer to disorganization and poor management skills. I must tell you.

bidexiii:
Ill rather advised we go for the SU25, the NA needs dedicated attack platforms that can rain hell and give ground troops the adequate fire support they need.

bidexiii:
Have seen this video, looks more like a training exercise of ex-filling an helicopter. Because of the soldiers coming out was smiling at the camera. I might be wrong tho, just saying.
Then have seen pictures of U.S Army & Airmen training and our soldiers taking pictures with them.

bidexiii:
NA lacks special units like the SBSC and the airforce panthers, they need dedicated SOF that can carry out surgical strike on terrorist cell/hideout.
And like you said we need dedicated helicopters to insert and extract these SOF anytime and anyhow.

These video link might be of interest to you guys;

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CHxY6Gs5o/

bidexiii:
For the NA arm aviation; they currently operate Bayraktar TB2, some sources claimed 43-46. But am not so sure or can comfirm this.
Also we operate 2 Bell UH-1H "Huey" helicopters (NA 010 and NA 011) and they have ordered 12 MD Cayuse & Magnus MF-212 light attack and surveillance aircraft.
And all of a sudden everything went quite with the procurement.

ocelot2006:
NSA? The Heuy is from the NPF Air Wing. Great to see our cops clocking more hours in combat.