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Friday, May 08, 2015
We have lived up to expectations in counter insurgency – NAF chief
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has said the Nigerian Air Force has lived up to the expectations in the counter insurgency campaign.
Speaking on Thursday at a briefing to mark the 51st anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force, Amosu said recent new acquisitions assisted in the ongoing rescue operations in the terror ravaged Northeastern Nigeria.
He said,”We have been able to receive the twin air 350, which is essentially for tactical transportation to support the ongoing counter terrorism operations.
“We got the MI24 which we duly upgraded to MI35, for the operations in the Northeast, just as we got the UAV, and our UAV’s are weaponized. We conduct strike activities with the UAVs now.
“We also have the diamond aircraft for training and surveillance. We are able to secure the Haris Radio, of course communication is very important for any operation and we have secured the Harris 7850 radio.”
The NAF Chief, however, said more is required to put the service in good stead in order to tackle the situation effectively, stressing that more funds are required to ensure combat readiness.
He stated that a good number of the aircraft needed for surveillance and attack have been put in shape, adding that more efforts were require to reactivate grounded ones for optimal performance by officers and men.
“The reactivation effort as a strategy will ensure that a minimum of three C130s are available at any given time, the rest of them we carry out conservation to ensure that when its time and the funds are available we can quickly wake them up.
“The super puma before now they were not flying, two of them are flying now. The Dornier 228 and we had to send the engines out, so that we can have minimum of three deniers at any given time,” he added.
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