The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said that it had sufficient aircraft
to fight insurgency in the country. The Force had also sought to boost
the fight against terrorism in the country by resuscitating its C-130
aircraft.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun
re-commissioned the aircraft after an eight-week C-check inspection work
by NAF personnel under the leadership of the Chief of Aircraft
Engineering, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Umar, in conjunction with a foreign partner, Sabena Technics of Italy.
“The aircraft is force multiplier. By this I mean it is s a logistic
based aircraft. It’s going to help in hauling men and materials in times
of war. Presently we have three different points from where we launch
to the theater of war and this airplane keeps going all over the country
to pick men and materials to these places. We have sufficient aircrafts
for now to prosecute whatever we have at hand,” said Amosun, who was
represented by the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command, Air Vice
Marshal Olutayo Oguntoyibo.
“As you can see, this is in addition
to our preparation towards the build up for 2015. As politicians are
doing their own business, we in the Airforce are also preparing. We are
very ready and are poised to assist in which ever way the governments
ask us to come up, in terms of moving materials and personnel about. We
will work hand-in-hand with INEC depending on their requirement just to
make sure that electioneering materials are where they are supposed to
be and for quick delivery and timely execution of programmes,” he said
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