Nigerian Air Force (NAF)

NAF Denies Paying Ransom To Bandits

6 Super Tucano Fighter Jets On Its Way To Nigeria – NAF

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has departed the U.S. en route Nigeria.

The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja.

According to Gabkwet, the six aircraft will be leapfrogged through five countries, which include Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Algeria before arriving in Nigeria towards the end of this month.

The director stressed that the official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of NAF is being planned at a later date in

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Nigerian Air Force Receives Spy ATR-42 Aircraft

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of another reactivated aircraft, an ATR-42 (NAF 930) for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in its fight against insurgency.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said that NAF took delivery of the aircraft on Friday.

Daramola said that the effort was in furtherance of NAF’s sustained efforts at ensuring the availability of more serviceable ISR platforms for the prosecution of war against insurgency and other forms of criminality in the country.