In a renewed drive to crush the fighting will of the Boko Haram group, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed additional combat platforms to North-East, Nigeria in support of the ongoing counter-insurgency operation codenamed ‘OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE’.
This came on the heel of the recent visit of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq B. Abubakar to the operational areas.
The newly deployed platforms include the F-7Ni fighter aircraft, Mi-24/35 attack helicopters, Agusta 109 LUH, Supa Puma Combat Support helicopter and ATR-42 surveillance aircraft, which hitherto had been away for scheduled maintenance.
Air Commodore Dele Alonge, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, said the provision of additional platforms in the North-East was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate to bring an end to insurgency in the North-East.
He added that the deployment would boost existing military efforts to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists and also enhance the capability of the Nigerian Armed Forces to fight in a more proactive and efficient manner.
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