Armed bandits neutralized during NAF aerial missions in Chikun, Birnin Gwari LGAs – Bandit camp destroyed in Birnin Gwari LGA – Aerial patrols, show-of-force to be sustained over Kaduna metropolis, major routes and other locations of interest. The air component of Operation Thunder Strike conducted a series of aerial missions across several locations, as reported in operational feedback from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the Kaduna State Government. Armed reconnaissance was conducted over Erena, Kusasu, Kuduru, Kulefe, Kusherki and Shiroro in neighboring Niger State as well as Chikun and environs, in Chikun local government area. Bandits were seen fleeing Kaduna State part of Kusasu (in Chikun LGA) on motorcycles. They were trailed by the crew and subsequently neutralized.