Tag: jet
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Fed Govt set to acquire 12 Viper jets to boost NAF’s capability
The Federal Government has begun negotiations with the United States for the procurement of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to boost the capability of the Nigerian Air Force(NAF). NAF Spokesman Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame revealed this in a statement yesterday. Designed and produced by America’s aerospace manufacturer, Bell Helicopter, AH-1Z Viper is the only attack…
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Aviation minister, Keyamo unveils 150 million-litre jet fuel depot
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has unveiled the Joint User Hydrant Installation 2 (JUHI-2) with a storage capacity of 150 million litres of Jet A1 fuel. The facility is described as the largest airside jet fuel depot in Nigeria, having the capability of delivering a minimum of 150 million litres of…
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Why I stopped using my private jet – Orji Kalu
The former governor of Abia and the senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu has disclosed that he stopped using his private jet due to high cost of fuel and other issues.
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Private jet with 10 VIPs crash-lands in Ibadan, runs into bush
A private jet having about 10 passengers onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has reportedly crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A reliable source said the jet crash-landed on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway into the nearby bush. Firefighters and…
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Breaking: NAF plane crash-lands in Lagos International Airport
A Nigerian Airforce Jet on Monday, crash-landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos state. The plane conveying six passengers crash-landed on Runway 18R at the airport, with no casualties recorded. An eyewitness said; “Airforce jet crash-lands in Lagos airport at Runway 18R,” the source said. “It happened at an area called “18 right” right…
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SAD! Two Indian fighter jets crash, pilot killed
Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed on Saturday, killing one pilot, in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises south of the capital New Delhi. The crash involved a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30, carrying two pilots, and a French-built Mirage 2000, operated by a third. Both aircraft had taken off in the morning from the…
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Identities of two pilots killed in crashed NAF jet revealed
The identities of the two pilots in the crashed jet of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) of Tuesday have been revealed.
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Germany team jet forced into emergency landing
Germany’s team jet has been forced into an emergency landing after transmitting a distress signal. The Germans had won 4-0 in World Cup qualification in Iceland on Wednesday before departing Keflavik International Airport at 1am. The flight then encountered difficulty while mid-air over Scotland and sent out a Code 7700 distress signal. It is unclear…
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UPDATED: NAF debunks fresh military aircraft crash in Kaduna
The Nigerian Air force has debunked a report that one of its fighter jet crashed. A Nigerian air force jet was reported to have crashed at an undisclosed location in Kaduna State by an online medium. The report had said that “the fighter jet left Yola, the Adamawa capital, this morning to go clear bandits,”…
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‘I bought a third Jet during COVID-19’- Hope Eghagha
Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha It was with great happiness, infinite joy, and a Christian spirit of generous charity that I watched a video of a jet-set Nigerian born-again, very holy and rambunctious businessman, even controversial Pentecostal pastor recently who boasted in the Lord in a garishly vainglorious manner that he bought his third jet during the…