The Air Force today said scores of Boko Haram Terrorists have been killed at their hideout in Bogum, Borno state. Spokesman for the Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement that the attacks on the terrorists were carried out with two Mi-35 Helicopter gunships. Air Commodore Daramola
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NAF decimates Boko Haram hideout in Bogum, Borno
Abuja jet crash victim gets scholarship
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A 15-year-old girl, Elizabeth Elijah, who sustained a leg injury from the crashed Nigeria Air Force jet last Thursday, has been awarded a scholarship by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The native of Kachia, Kaduna State, was said to be at the farm when she was hit by flying shrapnel from the […] …
Air mishap: Don’t be discouraged, Air Force Chief tells pilots officers
NAN The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has enjoined the pilot officers who participated in the rehearsal for Nigeria’s 58th Independence and Anniversary in the FCT not to be discouraged by the recent air mishap that led to the demise of Sqn.Ldr. Baba- Ari. Sqn.Ldr. Baba- Ari, was one of […]
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Air force pilot killed as 2 fighter jets crash in Abuja
The jets were said to have crashed while on rehearsal for the country’s 58th independence anniversary. The two fighter jets crashed in Jikoko village Molly Kilete, Abuja A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilot yesterday lost his life when two fighter jets crashed in Abuja. Director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made […]
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Identity of pilot involved in Abuja jet crash revealed
The Nigeria Air Force pilot that flew one of the two ill-fated F-7N fighter jet that crashed in Katempe, a suburb of Abuja has been given as Squadron Leader M.B. Babari from NAF base Makurdi. The other two survivors also from Makurdi Air force base are Squadron Leader Batuba and Flight Lieutenant Andy. A reliable […] …
Photos from the crash site of the two Air Force jets
Two F-7Ni Nigerian Air Force jets rehearsing for Nigeria’s October 1 Independence Day air parade Friday collided and crashed on Mpape hill in Abuja, the country’s capital. One of the pilot has been confirmed dead while the other is currently being stabilised by the doctors in the emergency ward of the Defence Intelligence Agency Hospital, […] …
NAF confirms death of pilot in fighter aircraft crash
The Nigerian Air Force had earlier confirmed that aircraft from a fleet rehearsing for the country’s 58th independence day anniversary had crashed in Abuja. Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force(NAF) has announced the death of one of its pilots involved in the crash of a NAF fighter jet in Abuja. The Director, Public Relations […]
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UPDATED: NAF confirms death of pilot in Abuja crash
The Nigeria Air Force has confirmed the death of one of its pilots involved in the F-7Ni aircraft crash in Abuja. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, confirmed this in a statement issued on Friday. The statement read in part, “It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce that one […] …
