NAF RECEIVES FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS AS FG ACCELERATES AIRPOWER MODERNISATION. (PHOTO).
NAF RECEIVES FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS AS FG ACCELERATES AIRPOWER MODERNISATION The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of five new helicopters as the Federal Government accelerates efforts to modernize Nigeria’s airpower capabilities and strengthen the Armed Forces’ capacity to respond effectively to contemporary security challenges. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame indicates that the platforms comprise three AW-109 Trekker B helicopters and two H-125 helicopters. The three AW-109s, which form part of 10 recently acquired by the Federal Government, were received in Lagos on 15 September 2026, with the remaining seven expected to be delivered before the end of 2026. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, described the acquisition as another significant milestone in the Federal Government’s sustained investment in the modernization and re-equipment of the NAF noting that the new pl...
According to BBC,Kenya Alshabab top Commander and mastermind of the Garissa University attack Dulyadin Gamadheere has allegedly been killed in a US Drone attack in Juungal between Bardhere and Buur Hajje Somalia.Gamadheere had a Sh20M bounty on his head.Though reports of his death are yet to be confirmed.The man was the alleged mastermind of the terror attack on Garissa University in Kenya that has left at least 15 people dead and alot of people injured.The BBC reports states that two senior commanders from the Islamist militant group were today killed in a drone strike in south west Somalia.Several loud blasts were heard in the town of Bardere at dawn and the bodies were later found.reports by AFP said that Missiles were fired from an unidentified military aircraft striking al-shabab targets in southern Somalia early today thurday causing casualties.
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