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A NAF Cessna Citation CJ3 has arrived TAC this evening

youghs:
The GOAT of NAF

today is his birthday...

The Nigerian Air Force today Graduated some Panthers today..
Congratulations to them.

kabe1:
Nigerian Navy NNS Unity Centenary

centenary

God bless this men
https://twitter.com/Abbakar1030/status/1379880640355704835?s=20

IGpro1:
whats their mission there?

I really don't know CTCOIN maybe.

Is anyone here aware of NAF SOF operations In cameroon.

https://twitter.com/Abbakar1030/status/1379356078438223876?s=20

We'll continue pulling down their flags...

Whyem15:
Or maybe they are restocking on weapons and supplies.

I'm sure you've seen their recent attack on Niger army outpost..

shadowprimezero:
Yes, I mentioned earlier, NAF doesn't commit its ground troops to the NE. NAF QRF once served alongside NA during the JTF days. After that, its rare seeing them anywhere apart from Maiduguri and Air Combat Controllers embedded with NA

171 detachment Monguno...
They're some projects ongoing in that base

Whyem15:
Hearing reports of the 12 Tucanos being delivered this year. 6 in 2-3 months time(actual phrase is "middle of 2021" while the rest will be delivered before end of the year.

yeah first set June/July

The others around year ending.

shadowprimezero:
NAF Regiment is only present in MDGR Airbse for force protection. For ground combat duties, they're deployed to the NW against bandits, especially the current operation in Birnin Gwari. However, NAF does deploy a intelligence units along with NA troops on operations in Borno. These aren't Regiment or QRF, but rather serve as Air Combat Controllers. They relay coordinates of enemy forces and coordinate close air support missions while in constant communication with ISR and NAF combat jets. One of such officers was KIA in 2019 unfortunately.

NAF Regiment has no current mandate in Borno as far as I know apart from force protection duties in Maiduguri. If they're in Mongonu as you say, then they're probably also there to provide force protection to UN helicopter landing zones.

NAF does have a Regiment base in Monguno...

Lurker4Long:
I know they sometimes fly in pairs. I was asking why this isn't always done, especially on a combat sortie in the badlands.

like some said here we're engaged in multiple fronts that's why
Aircraft availability is the issue..

Lurker4Long:
I asked this before and all I got was posturing:

Why is it that your aircraft - jets and helicopters- don't always fly in pairs on sorties?

When Alpha 475 went down, the partner could have relayed precise coordinates to command, relayed intel on enemy disposition etc, to aid the search and rescue.

they do fly in pairs unfortunately they didn't this time not even with ISR .

seankafor:
what's csar bro

combat search and rescue

Kalapizim:
Exactly! I hope they find the otherr pilot.

I don't know if the other pilot I still alive but my friend who's a NAF SOF said they're currently heading for CSAR.i didn't ask him much my prayers are with him.

SamuelAnyawu:
The bolded is what I’ve been hearing since 2016 till date here in the Northeast.

May God continually keep us all safe

guy na wa this life...
Somebody somewhere now has been.made a widow/ fatherless or has lost a son.
General Nigeria has lost heroes.this thing pain me I swr
E pain my friend pass I pray God keep.and protect him as he continue flying...

Some stupid nigerians re online spewing rubbish very disheartening.

Nevertheless We will overcome!!

Some one please drop the link to the vid for me even if it's through DM

lebuhsi:
It's just too painful to look at, it looks like the pilots died in the crash.

since details are still sketchy pls kindly bring it down for some reasons onlookers here will start spreading the info without verifing..

ugo4u:
All combat pilots go with their survival kit in every mission, the kits contains all they need to give them a fighting chance at survival. Radio Comms, first aid kits, water, chows, and a Pistol.
Infact before you're fully decorated as a combat pilot you must have undergone a course on survival (SERE): Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion. That the pilots haven't contacted anyone till now is very worrisome, the pilots have lots of flight hours so they're very experienced and know what to do, moreover there are lots of checkpoints to run to.
How are we even sure they ejected? has rescue ops sighted their ejection seat? this will give them a clue if they ejected at all. If it is established that they ejected then I believe the rescue party must have cordoned off atleast an area 40km radius within the crash site, who knows they might have had complications after ejection and lose their lives(God forbids) because that F7 jet ejection seat is very notorious for causing aggravated injuries to pilots, or they may have being captured.
I pray let it be that those guys are chilling somewhere in a hotel in a near by town let them use the opportunity to give themselves pass.

it wasn't an F7 but alpha jet.

SamuelAnyawu:
Pilots no be Moi moi oh

Are they really sure this crash happened in Konduga? If it is definitely this pilots should have reached Maiduguri if they were not abducted. Tho it depends on which part of Konduga this happened shaa

Do Pilots carry any compass/map reading instrument?

That's what we've heard so far..
My fear is that they're not been abducted..
Either ways we hope if they're still alive they'll be found soon...

EricBraven:
I thought someone said the aircraft had been found

I don't know but the crew is the top priority.
The cause is certainly weather
Just say a Video of Huge duststorm in Maiduguri... No visuals at all, Soilders filmed it

Nigerian Air Force HQ
UPDATE ON MISSING NAF ALPHA JET AIRCRAFT

Intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members on board on 31 March 2021 might have crashed.

The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remain unknown. The pilots are Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele.

Extensive search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveillance aircraft as well as NAF Special Forces and Nigerian Army troops on ground.

At this point, the NAF is not ruling out anything regarding the incident. It however remains hopeful that the crew would soon be found and rescued.

EDWARD GABKWET
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information

JOSCOFELIX:
the pilot that fly the plane phone having be track some hour ago. military are moving their. for my guy who say bh do not have the capacity to fall a plane those guy have surface to air misslie. remember during the jebege kinapped an unkown jet enter nigeria airspace. my intel only say the plane may have be shot dowx by unkown jet or techinical fault but i do not say the plane was shout down by a fighter jet. intel got from a f7 pilot .

during the kidnap that unknown aircraft was a US kingAirISR plane

I recently discovered we have special forces operating in cameroon for some time now...
NAF Panthers to be precise.

Also on the issue of The alpha jet SAR team has secured a general area...
We hope they're found soon

ugo4u:
To be realistic that aircraft is gone, our concern is for the safety of the pilot.
What is surprising is the fact that we haven't located any debris or sign of any till now, not that there is any serious body of water within that general area to suggest he ditched into
e fit be say the pilot don go mistakenly land for one of this neighboring countries and possibly they've detained him w/o contacting Nigeria (though this is unlikely) but I pray this is the situation because God forbid if at all he ejected into the waiting arms of ISWAP guys e no go funny for NAF family.
The current CAS will be really sweating his ass off, cos it's looking as if since he took over wahala just dey follow the man upandan.

I'm hearing the jet crashed In Konduga Village..
I pray the pilots are found alive

ugo4u:
Haba!! this is intel no follow at all.
I even doubt if BHT have the capacity to bring down a fighter jet, their AAs are of little or no threat to fast moving high altitude jets. Most probably it had technical fault mid air.

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I'm suspecting technical fault midair during it's sweep..
I've contacted my friend who's a pilot a skyhawk.
He said no updates but we should keep praying...

Heard the CAS is in Maiduguri already.
I'm trying to ask a friend who's a mi35m pilot about updates on the incident he hasn't been online....

cutievik:
Seems no ISR was available for this mission...So many suggestions and thoughts in my head...

I trust the NAF to find them quickly.

bro u said what's on my mind.
I too was thinking wasn't there supposed to be an ISR aircraft along with the jet...
It's the norm during air interdiction.

Xbee007:
I hope they are found by own troops. I hope they are carrying side arms too. The kind of hatred terrorists have for fighter pilots is the worst in this world. DAESH burn fighter pilots alive in cages it is terrible.

yeah they carry side arms...

Xbee007:
Tweet not available. Where did it happen?

NE during air interdiction..
As at 5 yesterday.

Helicopters where immediately scrambled along with ground troops
I pray they are found

Nigerian air force Alpha jet has gone missing after loosing radar contact.
Search and Rescue ongoing..
https://twitter.com/Abbakar1030/status/1377502202026156032?s=20
Incident happened yesterday evening