Tag: Air Force
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Air Force officer indicted for sexual harassment of female colleague
Defence Ministry in South Korea says it has arraigned an Air Force noncommissioned officer who was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague, which made her to commit suicide have been arraigned. The defence ministry disclosed this in a statement issued in Seoul on Monday. The statement said the master sergeant, surnamed Jang, was suspected…
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(Video): Air Force hits Boko Haram targets, scores of terrorists killed
Air strikes by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM have hit several Boko Haram targets, the Defence Headquarters said on Saturday. Major General John Enenche, coordinator of defence media operation, said the strikes massively destroyed Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) Camps, with scores of their fighters killed. One of…
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Military plane carrying air force cadets crashes, killing 22
A military transport plane, carrying air force cadets, crashed and burst into flames near a highway in north-eastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials said. The Antonov An-26 aircraft crashed while trying to land during a training exercise, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Ruslan Khomchak, said in…
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Air Force announces redeployment of 36 AVMs, 40 commodores(Full List)
In what it called a routine exercise, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the redeployment of 36 Air Vice Marshals (AVMs) and 40 Air Commodores (Air Cdres). Affected are some Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions, Directors and Commanders. The appointments and redeployments followed the recent promotion of some senior…
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Ex-Air Force chief, Omenyi bags 7-year prison term
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced AVM Tony Omenyi to seven years in prison for receiving N136 million bribe from Nigerian Air force, (NAF) contractors. Delivering judgment, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, said that he was satisfied that the prosecution had proved its case and testimonies of its witnesses were not controverted. Omenyi was arraigned…
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Buhari mourns Air Force officers who died in helicopter crash
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Air Force, and relations of five people who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash January 2 in Damasak, Borno State. The president mourns Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob (Pilot in Command), Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas (Co-Pilot), Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim (Flight Technician), Lance Corporal…
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Air Force to deploy fighter gets, helicopters to Benue, others – CAS
Nigerian Air Force will soon deploy fighter gets, helicopter gunships and other military assets to curb current security challenges in Benue and Taraba states, Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, said. He made the disclosure at the inauguration of accommodation quarters and reference hospital for officers of 115 Special Operations Group (SOG)…
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How Air Force personnel, others robbed Magu’s farm house –Police
The Police yesterday, revealed how two Air Force personnel, and two other suspects allegedly robbed the farm house of Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu. It will be recalled that gunmen had, on December 12, 2017, invaded the farm house located at Karshi, a suburb Abuja, killing Sergeant Haruna Sarki,…
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NAF decorates 14 newly-graduated pilots in Abuja
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday in Abuja decorated 14 of its newly-graduated pilots with their “Wings” after completion of their flight training in Nigeria and South Africa. The 14 pilots being decorated on completion of their training, 12 were from Nigerian Air Force, while two were from Liberia. The officers are : Flying…
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Boko Haram: Air force helicopter crashes in northeast
A Mi-17 attack helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in the northeast during a counter-insurgency operation. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, who confirmed that the helicopter “suffered mishap”, noted that the aircraft had a significant damage but no life was lost. “The Chief of Air…