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By Kingsley Nwezeh The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, yesterday, said the present security challenges in the country required robust security architecture and a versatile air force capable of rapid air power deployment across the theatres of war. Speaking against the backdrop of concerns that bandits and terrorists had acquired the capacity to bring down fighter planes, Amao, who was addressing troops in Maiduguri, Borno State, during the Sallah celebration said, the security thr...

Air crash: ‘Your gallantry relieved me’, Buhari hails pilot Dairo The Punch Published 20 July 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), hailed the “gallantry” of Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, the pilot of Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet who survived an air crash. The PUNCH had reported that Dairo successfully ejected from the Nigeria military’s Alpha Jet before bandits shot it down in Zamfara. The Alpha Jet aircraft returning from a successful air interdiction...

Credible sources told our correspondent that the fighter jet crashed near a community located 15km west of Dansadau town. A resident said: “The pilot jumped down using parachute and quickly headed to a nearby community. The residents upon realizing what had happened decided to hide him so that he might not be identified and killed by armed bandits.” “The armed criminals were spotted loitering around the scene of the crash probably looking for any survivor.” Daily Trust reports that the ...

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, yesterday commended the pilot of the downed Alpha Jet fighter aircraft, Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, for his bravery. Irabor, who met the pilot in company with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, before proceeding to a meeting with military veterans in the North-west, commended the pilot for the gallantry and bravery he demonstrated in the fight against banditry. Earlier, the NAF had announced the crashing of a...

Défilé aérien du 14-Juillet: découvrez les avions qui survoleront le ciel du grand Paris Le La Patrouille de France dans le ciel de Paris, le 14 juillet 2020 - Zakaria ABDELKAFI © 2019 AFP Chaque année, le défilé aérien du 14 juillet est la cerise sur le gâteau du défilé terrestre des Champs Elysées. Voici lordre dapparition et la liste des avions qui survoleront le ciel du grand Paris. Dès le matin, les Franciliens lèveront les yeux vers le ciel d�...

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Just because those aircraft might be deemed technologically inferior didn’t mean their pilots couldn’t cleverly employ them in ways that exploited weaknesses in American fighters and pilot training.

SaharaReporters learnt from top NAF sources that the crash-landing of the ATR 42 occurred about two weeks ago – a week before the late Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a similar NAF jet crash in Kaduna State.

Pains For Pilots’ Families As Nigerian Air Force Fails To Locate Missing Alpha Jet After Two Months The NAF has yet to provide an update on the location of the missing Alpha Jet NAF 475 which believably crashed on March 30 in Borno State as well as on the bodies of the late pilots, giving the families a great concern. by SaharaReporters, New York May 28, 2021 The families of two Nigerian Air Force pilots – Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele – are still...

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