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The Department of the Air Force made the decision to continue funding Anduril and General Atomics for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The companies not selected to build these production representative CCA vehicles, and execute the flight test program,…

Defence Minister, NAF Boss in Turkey, to Facilitate Speedy Delivery of Attack Helicopters The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar are currently in Turkiye to facilitate the speedy delivery of the T-129 ATAK helicopters acquired for the Nigerian…

Nigerian Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar delivery of T-129 ATAK attack helicopters Minister, AirForce Chief in Turkey to Hasten Delivery of Attack Helicopters  The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air…

(Reuters) -Russia launched 36 Iranian-made attack drones against southern Ukraine overnight, damaging infrastructure in the Odesa region, authorities said. The strikes targeted the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, the Ukrainian military reported, adding that air defence systems destroyed 27 drones. Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper said unspecified "logistics infrastructure" had been…

A military flight instructor stationed at Travis Air Force Base was in the right place at the right time for one Yosemite hiker in need of an urgent rescue...Read More

Nigeria Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Hasan Abubakar, has announced that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) expects to receive 51 additional equipment to enhance the country’s counter-insurgency and counterterrorism operations…..CONTINUE READING This news emerged during Abubakar’s first operational tour of NAF units in Makurdi, Benue State. The NAF’s…

A Nigerian Airforce jet belonging to the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe on Friday, July 21, destroyed an illegal refinery site near Dariama in Rivers state. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of NAF Public Relations and Information said the criminal enterprise came  intense firepower of the Air Component. Gabkwet…

A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on Friday crashed in Makurdi, Benue State capital, The PUNCH has learnt. Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. A military source said two personnel of the Nigerian Air Force onboard ejected unhurt.…

The Nigeria Air Force has revealed that two military pilots onboard its FT-7NI trainer aircraft survived the crash that took place earlier on Friday, July 14. NAF revealed through its director of public relations and information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who in his statement released on Friday evening said the…

By James Agberebi 14 July 2023   |   9:20 pm A FT-7NI trainer jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) crashed in Makurdi, Benue State while on a routine training exercise on Friday. NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet confirmed the incident in a statement. Gabkwet said no…