The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has bombed three terrorist camps in Zamfara on Wednesday. The operation was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji saw the structures of the terrorist camps eliminated and destroyed. This was confirmed in a statement released by NAF Spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Thursday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the…
No fewer than 30 terrorists and kidnappers have been eliminated by the air component of Operation Whirl Punch in an air strike along the Kwiga-Kampanin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. AVM Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, while revealing this in…
Following the federal government’s approval, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the sale of its Falcon 900B aircraft. An ‘invitation to tender’ signed by NAF spokesperson Edward Gabkwet asked interested buyers to submit bids via email or physically. According to Gabkwet, the aircraft is available for inspection at the 307 EAG hangar of the…
A key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others have been eliminated by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on the Mandara Mountains in Borno. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of the Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), while disclosing this…
No fewer than 22 terrorists have been reportedly killed following a military air strikes in Katsina State The Informant247 gathered according to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region that the air strikes were conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) at Batsari and Sola Poi II in…
An aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday, in Makurdi, Benue State, crashed during training. Edward Gabkwet, the NAF spokesperson, in a statement, said that the trainer aircraft came down during routine training on Friday, adding no death was recorded but two pilots who were on board are currently receiving treatment at the…
Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, The Chief of the Air Staff, has approved the appointment and redeployment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding and Commandants of Tri-Service and Nigerian Air Force Institutions among others, while also also confirming the appointment of a new spokesperson for the service. The Informant247 gathered that the newly appointed and…
The Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment have rescued seven Chinese kidnapped by terrorists in Kaduna State. NAF spokesman, Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the rescued expatriates were kidnapped in June 2022 by terrorists while working on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government…
Two fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have killed scores of bandits suspected to be members of a notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji in Zamfara forest. A source revealed that the bandits were killed during a ‘surprise raid’ by the air troops of Operation Forest Sanity in Zamfara State. The surprise attack launched…
Scores of bandits suspected to be members of a notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji in Zamfara forest have been reportedly neutralized by two Nigeria Air Force (NAF) fighter jets. According to a source, the bandits were neutralized during a ‘surprise raid’ by the air troops of Operation Forest Sanity in Zamfara State. A defence intelligence…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have agreed to synergise efforts towards strengthening border security and stemming the tide of banditry and smuggling activities around Nigerian borders and entry points. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward…
According to Air Commodore G.I. Jibia, Commander of the 303 Medium Airlift Group, Nigeria Air Force (NAF), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is a crucial component of the country’s security. Jibia made the remarks during a visit to the NSCDC Command Headquarters in Ilorin on Tuesday. He stated that the NSCDC has…
The United States, on Thursday, warned Nigeria that the use of the Super Tucano must comply with international norms as articulated in the United Nations Charter. The US gave the warning as the Nigerian military was set to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft in the North-West and North-Central after the Federal Government officially designated bandits…
The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by terror group Boko Haram that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which disappeared from radar on Wednesday, March 31. Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft in a viral video. But the Director, Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet,…
The Nigerian Air Force is set to deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to cover the North West and North East regions of the country. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who made the disclosure during the luncheon organised by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir with frontline troops…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has expressed willingness to partner with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in empowering the families of Air Force personnel in the various Bases through the provision of equipment for the enhancement of agriculture. This was made known This was made known today, 1 February 2019, when…
