₦airaland Forum

SLBMS:
You don't even know what you are talking about. Non kinetic of fighting insecurity. How does the multi million naira golf course help the fight against Boko Haram.

Henry240:
New deliveries

Proforce Defence MRAPs for the Nigerian army.

Ara 2 MRAPs heading to the NE.

Henry240:
New deliveries

Proforce Defence MRAPs for the Nigerian army.

Ara 2 MRAPs heading to the NE.

SLBMS:
Its not the job of the Nigerian Air Force to create job employment guy. It's the Nigerian Air Force not the Nigerian Labour Congress.

SLBMS:
So where is the $1 billion for munition?

SLBMS:
You are hell bent on making excuses for Nigeria's lacadadtical approach to the war. We are at war..
One soldier was killed yet you talking about social welfare. It is more barbaric to send soldiers I'll equipped to the front with descript shelter than to build the most magnificent hostel and sporting facilities and send soldiers to the front to dig trenches and wait for am attack because there are of enough Meals to go on sustained patrol and no guarantee of air cover. Many di not come back alive to enjoy these social programmes.

We have an Air Chief that looks more like a real estate agent and contractor than someone saddled with the responsibility of safeguarding the nation's airspace. They carry their politics to the front. It's classic...bid for senseless building project, milliins of dollars are appropriated for the consteuction. Pocket %30. Look for next project. %99 of the initiatives undertaking by the Air Chief has to do with construction.

And you are talking about soldiers putting their best. The last thing on the mind of a soldier in the front armed with AK-47 rifles and Toyota Hillux trucks is a nice bed back home. He has to make It out alive first. We are in the longest war in the modern history of the world and pur air chief is building golf courses and sewing machine factories. Nobody wants the war to come to a speedy end, cos that will mean an end to $1 billion for bullets. ONE BILLION DOLLARS. Millions of dollars for more housing projects, fish pond, gymnasium. Schools. All requiring millions in allocation.

God help us.

SLBMS:
You are hell bent on making excuses for Nigeria's lacadadtical approach to the war. We are at war..
One soldier was killed yet you talking about social welfare. It is more barbaric to send soldiers I'll equipped to the front with descript shelter than to build the most magnificent hostel and sporting facilities and send soldiers to the front to dig trenches and wait for am attack because there are of enough Meals to go on sustained patrol and no guarantee of air cover. Many di not come back alive to enjoy these social programmes.

We have an Air Chief that looks more like a real estate agent and contractor than someone saddled with the responsibility of safeguarding the nation's airspace. They carry their politics to the front. It's classic...bid for senseless building project, milliins of dollars are appropriated for the consteuction. Pocket %30. Look for next project. %99 of the initiatives undertaking by the Air Chief has to do with construction.

And you are talking about soldiers putting their best. The last thing on the mind of a soldier in the front armed with AK-47 rifles and Toyota Hillux trucks is a nice bed back home. He has to make It out alive first. We are in the longest war in the modern history of the world and pur air chief is building golf courses and sewing machine factories. Nobody wants the war to come to a speedy end, cos that will mean an end to $1 billion for bullets. ONE BILLION DOLLARS. Millions of dollars for more housing projects, fish pond, gymnasium. Schools. All requiring millions in allocation.

God help us.

Henry240:
The guy on twitter that is peddling this story frequently contributes to this thread.

In my response to your comment a couple weeks back, I shared this photo as evidence that Nigerian Air Force fighter jets have operated from Niger. Funny thing is, I mentioned the air port as Diffa, however there is no evidence that those Nigerian planes truly were pictured in Diffa.

Lionel4power, Bidexii and African all copied that from his twitter handle.

Let me state clearly that he, Alameen Yaqup lifted the photograph from here, and proceeded to imagine a newly established FOB for the Nigerian Air Force.

There is no Nigerian Air Force Base or Forward Operating Base in Niger. It simply does not exist.

As part of the MNJTF, Nigerian Air Assets can cross into Niger and also land in Niger or Tchad or Cameroun. However to make up a story based on a conjecture only goes to drive a narrative that Nigerians are dishonest and untrustworthy.

There are many positives we've seen particularly from the Nigerian Air Force, however it would be reprehensible to go about hunting for glory.

Henry240:
There was no comment on that.

I was only able to get additional information on the Ara 2 MRAP.

[b]STRONGER THAN BEFORE!!

With a vision to become leading Defense Solutions Provider PROFORCE has recently launched Monocoque MRAP PF ARA (THUNDER) 2 INDIGENOUSLY Designed & Developed in Nigeria, the latest 2019 MRAP PF ARA 2 is an addition to PROFORCE PF ARA MRAP family.

The MRAP was inaugurated by the Vice- President of Nigeria on Army Day 2019.

The MRAP design is specifically based on Nigerian Armed Forces feedback to address their needs, the vehicle has a battle proven V-shaped underbelly designed for high mine blast protection as per STANANG 4569. The MRAP has a double skin hull which offers higher caliber ballistic protection and can withstand a massive side blast.

The MRAP has Powerful Engine provides more than 25 Hp/ton. The vehicle has high off-road as well as on-road mobility with custom designed suspension, exclusively calibrated Driveline Integrated with leading OEM's for quick response on Nigerian off-road terrain. The MRAP has been trialled & tested on one of the Nigerian most rugged terrain with excellent performance. The MRAP features Axle Differential Locks, Inter Axle Differential Lock, Anti Lock Braking System with Disc Brakes and Central Tyre Inflation System for increased traction.

The MRAP further equipped with anti-blast seats with footrest, which prevent injury from the high acceleration of a side blast or mine blast. The MRAP has in-house specially designed anti-mine door locking system. MRAP PF ARA 2[/b]

Henry240:
Like I said, we deploy our fighter jets in Niger within the framework of the MNJTF.

Henry240:
The guy on twitter that is peddling this story frequently contributes to this thread.

In my response to your comment a couple weeks back, I shared this photo as evidence that Nigerian Air Force fighter jets have operated from Niger. Funny thing is, I mentioned the air port as Diffa, however there is no evidence that those Nigerian planes truly were pictured in Diffa.

Lionel4power, Bidexii and African all copied that from his twitter handle.

Let me state clearly that he, Alameen Yaqup lifted the photograph from here, and proceeded to imagine a newly established FOB for the Nigerian Air Force.

There is no Nigerian Air Force Base or Forward Operating Base in Niger. It simply does not exist.

As part of the MNJTF, Nigerian Air Assets can cross into Niger and also land in Niger or Tchad or Cameroun. However to make up a story based on a conjecture only goes to drive a narrative that Nigerians are dishonest and untrustworthy.

There are many positives we've seen particularly from the Nigerian Air Force, however it would be reprehensible to go about hunting for glory.

Henry240:
What is your source for this story?

bidexiii:
Sunday, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band "Topside" performed for 300 children and youths at the Johnson Jakande Tinubu Park in Lagos as part of their second visit to Nigeria this year. The children sang and danced to the delightful tunes performed by the band. "Topside" is here as part of the visit by the USNS Carson City, "Topside," you are welcome!

bidexiii:
Nigerian Airforce's newly established forward base at Diffa Airport, Nigér Republic. The base was established to improve the Airforce's comparatively longer reaction time to Northern Borno from the 105 Composite Airbase in Maiduguri which is farther away.
This base is the primary reason ISWAP has launched many unsuccessful attacks against Diffa and have even gone as far as launching long ranged attacks using the few and critical Grad rockets they have. In lieu of its strategic importance, they area is usually heavily secured. I like the way NAF they behave like other Western countries..... they deploy and open base outside Nigeria NAF #US of Africa

allexpensive:
So these bastards came in this morning with spotters in our gear and vehicles. The unit stationed at the area flagged them down and they refused to stop and kept waking like a friendly force . The unit got ready for the worse thinking it was an "actual" friendly force being chased by those idiots Tilk they opened fire once they got close.

Fortunately, the good guys blew off them gasket which made their vehicles spoil and a radio call to nearby units. We were stationed where we are for a purpose. The person in charge needed a go-ahead order for us to move in as we're were about 17km away.

Little did they know that was an advance party they came in large number and go-ahead was given for us to move in. The naval boys seems to be more excited while some where scared of an impending ambush as we moved in.

Luckily for us, some mopol guys working with the army around our route were on standby and we used their help to navigate through a safe route.

In short 26 bastards KIA. Zero military casualty

bidexiii:
#COIN

bidexiii:
I was trying to clarify nevertheless your claims or sources where right.

giles14:
but the AGM 65 is not included in the NAF A-29 weapons package.

bidexiii:
His this a recent invent or old ?
If it's old an Su25 as been shot down in Syria before- https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18216/russian-su-25-frogfoot-attack-jet-shot-down-in-syria

rka2:
It is true.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-russian-su-25-shot-down-over-syria-2018-2?r=US&IR=T

giles14:
pls what's the name of the missile

giles14:
oga bidexii pls warn this guy.

What is this tomorrow he may even declare A-29 stealth aircraft

SLBMS:
You my friend have just displayed your ignorance to the rest of the world. You have zero clue of what you are doing about. Terrorists are not running amok in the streets of Paris and New York. ISIS is not overunning bases in these countries. The Mali mission is an intervention force. This was what the Nigerian military was once known for....we couldn't even lead A mission to Mali. You are a very ignorant person.

Yes we have advanced ISR platforms but we have just two and they are basically the only long range early warning systems we have in military. You want to know what is rare in Africa? It's rare for a nation to spend billions of dollars annually in security allocation yet NOTHING to show for it. I mentioned for the past 3 years Nigeria has been alloting $1 billion a year for bullets and munitions. ONE BILLION DOLLARS. BILLION.

The entire defence budget of Cameroon in 2018 was $320 million. For Chad $300 million. We spend more on bullets and munitions and operational costs than the entire defence budget of the two strongest militaries in the francophone world. The $650 we spent on 12 turbo prop planes is what morw than what these countries can afford for their entire defence annually. Yet 13 years later you do not see the problem in Nigerian soldiers digging trenches and waiting for Boko Haram to attack because they do not have the necessary armoured vehicles and air cover to go on the offensive. Majority if soldiers still weild AK-47 assault rifles. A quarter of our tank fleet has been wiped out or stolen. Our bases are being overrun. You cannot isolate air power from land forces. Boko Haram is able to do this because the NAF is stretched too thin with obsolete equipment. Each time soldiers brave up and go out on offensive missions without air power they get massacred or ambushed...so now they just did trenches. The Army aviation Corp was a welcome development but there are just too few assets. We have Boko Haram into he north, bandits encroaching down south, the Shiite uprising is rearing its ugly head. Yet the nation's Air Chief is commissioning sewing machine factories, buildings, gym faculties, fish ponds. A nation at war is holding sporting competitions. There is no sense of urgency to squash Boko Haram once and for all and focus on national development. We just keep dragging along on a never ending war of attrition and folks likw you are here giving the criminal and corrupt cronies a round of applause and approval. Unbelievable!!

BabaOwen:
@ the bolded

Where did you get this nonsense from please

I don't think you know anything about the SU34, ISIS does not have any capability of taken down a SU34 even Nigeria can't take down a SU34, just a squadron will tear apart all the military base in Nigeria. I don't think you know what you're talking about sha.

This guy is not a serious person

SLBMS:
All this is useless. Will the GBU missile with laser range finder pick up a 5"11 man with a Strela 3 MANPAD waiting ? Can the Super Tucano outclimb or outrun a missile traveling at mach 2 or hyper velocity 33mmm radar guided cannon Boko Haram now wields in abundance. Its slower than the Alpha jet with a much lower service ceiling. How many of these smart weapons are we getting? How much do they cost? What qill they be used against? Toyota pick up trucks? $55,000 per missile.

giles14:
fan boy pls since when did Russia, Iran ,Hezbollah became NATO?

giles14:
pls fanboy which Su -34 was shot down by Isis? And pls how old are you.

SLBMS:
Your inability to understand what contested or well defended airspace means proves you are the ignorant one. The Super Tucano is too slow and light skinned to survive enemy fire. This was the exact reason the USAF dropped its earlier plans to acquire A-29s as a low cost measure. The risk to the pilots life was just not worth it.

You keep talking about COIN assets and it appears you never learn from history. If 13 Alpha jets and 8 F-7Ni and a complement of L-39s backed by Mi-35 helicopter gunships cannot prevail agaibst Boko Haram that has no credible air defence capabilities, and deny them the ability to operate with impunity, then we have no business having an Air Force.

Smart bombs like JDAMS and guided munitions are useful against fixed high value targets. You gonna expend munitions that cost $50,000 apiece on Boko Haram fighter or Toyota Hillux truck?

Shoulder fired MANPADS will make mince meat of this aircraft. It's too slow, it's service ceiling is too low to avoid anti-aircraft fire. It has no ejector seats. Missions like this is what helicopter gunships and used for. The have the armour and versatility and is cost effective.

What happens if we find ourselves in a situation in which we are forced to defend our airspace or critical infrastructure against air attack? We start shopping for combat aircraft? $650 million will transform the NAF into a 21st century fighting force. By the time the Tucano arrive Boko Harams complement of SAMS would have increased significantly.

All the countries in the world operating Super Tucano have at least an air force with significant air capability. They have fighter jets in numbers that makes strategic sense the TUCANO is used only for complementary and specialized missions.

Nigeria has no airforce. Ten jet trainers and F-7 does not constitute an airforce. Against a near peer adversary the Nigerian airforce will be wiped out within minutes in a suprise attack on the ground.

If the planes manage to take to the sky they will be shot down with little effort. The Super Tucano doe not constitute an air defence or strike asset. We are not getting the bang for the money spent on that propeller driven aircraft. It's a pointless acquisition and won't even arrive until 2022 or 2025. By that time the Nigerian airforce may have ceased to exist.

SLBMS:
You can sugar coat it or make excuses all you want..but deep down you all know there is no nation in the world that has such a "buy it when you need it" approach to war. Look at Bidexi making excuses for the incompetence and corruption of those at the helm if affairs of a nation at war. Just read what this guy is saying? Limited funding? Are you for real? Nigeria just squandered the entire defence budget of Chad and Cameroon combined on 12 Super Tucano, an aircraft that will not survive 10 minutes in contested airspace. The deal in itself shows Nigeria expects to still be at war agaibst Boko Haram by 2022, cos thats when it "might be delivered". This country is a laughing stock. It's approach to security and senseless projects is proof the longevity of this war benefits some people. Army bases are being overrun because there are not enough aircrafts to provide air support. The puny aircrafts we have are stretched to thin and too far out to make any strategic impact. Other country's look at Nigeria and wonder how a rich and powerful nation like Nigeria cannot squash Boko Haram. You cannot blame them. It defies human reasoning.

bidexiii:
Like I said people like you wouldn't criticise corrupt generals & air-marshals like Amosun, Bade and the rest that squandered of over a billions dollars on 3rd hand used T-72 , BMP-1 and rented helicopters. Amount visited Pakistan times without numbers pretending to be negotiating for the jf17 deal: finally the funds meant for the jf17 disappeared.