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Claim Social media users are sharing a purported image that captured the ejection of Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, whose fighter jet was shot down by bandits in Zamfara State on the 18th of July 2021. Verdict The narrative the image purports is false as there is no official image that captured Flight Lt. Abayomi Dairo’s ejection. The image was first released online in 2014 by Bremont Martin Baker after Martin Baker; a British Aviation Company that produces fighter ejection seat technology partnered with Bremont, an award winning British Company that produces engineered chrometers. Full S...
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The arrival, last week, of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets, the first batch of 12 ordered by the federal government from the United States, raised hopes that the fighter planes would make a difference in the raging war against insurgency and banditary. But military experts have argued that the long term panacea to security challenges confronting the nation lies with the nation coming together to address the root cause of the problem. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, said last week that the military would not tolerate any form of violence directed at...
IN THE ARENA The downing of Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet by bandits last Sunday has raised concerns over the growing capacity of non-state actors to acquire sophisticated weapons to fight the state, Louis Achi writes Air power in history has been a decisive and critical factor in determining the outcome of any war or territorial conflict. It is a fundamental component of the military element of national power. The capability of every air force globally is measured by the number of serviceable aircraft in its inventory and the professional competence of its airmen. Hence, when a grave incident...
“If bandits can shoot it, they can shoot any jet in Nigeria down, military or civilian. “The cavalier manner the Buhari regime is taking the downing of an airforce jet by bandits does not augur well for national security. “If bandits now possess surface to air missiles that can bring down a military jet, then how safe is civilian aviation in Nigeria?”