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Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The fighter jet was attacked in the Zamfara state.The plane was returning from an air interdiction mission when it came under fire.The pilot managed to evade the bandits and sought refuge in nearby settlements.Heavily-armed criminals have shot down a fighter jet in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state,…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated that it has no information on the reported crash of another military plane in Kaduna State on Sunday.NAF made the disclosure in a reaction to earlier reports of another military plane crash said to have involved one of its fighter jets on Sunday…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied social media reports that one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, while reacting to reports of a NAF fighter jet crash in Kaduna, told LEADERSHIP that, “No crash in Kaduna.” He…

by Sandra Erwin — July 16, 2021 Andrew Hunter, senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. Credit: @GovMattersTV Hunter, director of the defense industrial initiatives group at the Center for Strategic and International…

by Debra Werner — July 16, 2021 Umbra announced July 14 that its first synthetic aperture radar satellite's antenna successfully deployed in orbit. The patented antenna is comprised of a series of ribs attached to a central hub that opens to deploy the reflector. Cedit: Umbra SAN FRANCISCO – The…

Romanian firefighters are seen near a military Black Hawk helicopter that made an emergency landing in central Bucharest, Romania, on July 15, 2021. (Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via Reuters) BUCHAREST—A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on a Bucharest street on Thursday, tearing down two…

China warned of "serious consequences" for trespassing in its airspace on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Air Force delivered "diplomatic mail" to the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei. A C-146A Wolfhound, typically used by Air Force Special Operations Command, left Okinawa's Kadena air base in Japan before landing at…

•Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo AmaoABUJA – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is currently enlisting graduates and postgraduates for training as Direct Short Service Cadets. Mahmud Madi, an Air Vice Marshall, announced this on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff.   In the announcement, he said…

A New Jersey congressional hopeful and Air Force veteran launched a counterattack this week after Utah’s Black Lives Matter chapter declared the U.S. flag a "symbol of hatred" for Black Americans in a Fourth of July Facebook post. "The fact of the matter is that Black people are Americans, and…

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