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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. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this early Friday, said the cause of the […]

There are indications that the Nigerian Airforce fighter jet, an Alpha jet which went missing while on interdiction mission on Wednesday in Bo

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to supervise the search for the missing fighter plane that disappeared from radar last night. Spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the air force boss was briefed on the ongoing search and rescue effort with regard to the missing aircraft. He tweeted, “The CAS, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, @CAS_IOAmao, arrived Maidu...

The Alpha Jet, a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer aircraft, has played a significant role in Nigeria’s counter-insurgency campaign in the North-East theatre of operation.

Nigeria plane: We hope to get our pilots alive, air force says, as military jet disappears from radar CNN 1 day ago © google The jet was reported missing on Wednesday. The Nigerian air force says it has yet to establish the whereabouts of a military plane that disappeared off the radar Wednesday evening near Borno -- an insurgency troubled state in the countrys northeast region. A Nigerian air force spokesman told CNN Thursday afternoon that the fighter jet had been deployed to provide air...

“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 air force said in a statement. “The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remain unknown.” On board were two pilots, Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele. “Extensive search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveilla...

Nigeria names missing pilots, says air force jet may have crashed "The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remain unknown." The spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force, Edward Gabkwet, said this in a statement Friday morning. “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,” he said. Mr Gabkwet, an air commodore, also...

Akinola Ajibola   Updated April 2, 2021 A file photo of NAF personnel with an Alpha-jet of the Nigerian Air Force. Photo: [email protected]   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft that went off the radar in Borno State might have crashed, authorities said on Friday. The aircraft marked – NAF475 – had two crew members on board when it went missing on Wednesday in Borno State. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a ...

Missing Nigerian Fighter Jet May Have Crashed, Whereabouts Of Two Pilots Unknown —Air Force Extensive search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveillance aircraft as well as NAF Special Forces and Nigerian Army troops on ground. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 02, 2021 The Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet which went missing during a Boko Haram operation on Wednesday in the North-East has crashed. The Nigerian Air Force said on Friday that intelligence gathered so far indicated that ...

The jet was on a mission to provide support for troops on the ground fighting Boko Haram insurgents. Edward Gabkwet, the NAF spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the whereabouts of the two flying officers piloting the jet remains unknown.  Advertisement “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,” he said.  “The cause of the c...