The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Tuesday winged another combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Shehu Ibrahim, after his Basic and Advanced Helicopter Flying Training at the Indian Air Force Helicopter Flying Training School, Hakimpat, India. The winging of the combat pilot is yet another milestone in the NAF's capacity building initiative to meet emerging and contemporary…

Nigeria's first-ever female combat helicopter pilot Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile is dead. Spokesman to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Ibikunle Daramola announced her death in a statement late on Tuesday. Daramola disclosed that Arotile died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria.…

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has commenced mass production of face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight the coronavirus in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said this on Friday while inaugurating a tailoring workshop

Nigeria Air Force (NAF) said it attacked the meeting point of Boko Haram leaders in Borno State on Saturday, February 8. NAF spokesman Ibikunle Daramola made the disclosure in a statement. "The sustained onslaught against terrorist locations in the Northeast by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) under the auspices of Operation RATTLE SNAKE 3 has…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) to deploy fighter aircraft for effective air attacks against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers terrorising communities...

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF), says it is collaborating with the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), in ensuring the safety and security of commuters during the Yuletide

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, has renewed the commitment of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) to support Federal Government’s policy...

From the North-East to the South-East, from the Niger Delta to the western axis of the country, the tragedy of today’s Nigeria is that security breaches occur daily with revolting impunity. Human lives are lost to brigands and blood-thirsty savages in homes, in schools, in places of worship and on the highways. Indeed, Nigeria, sadly,…

A combined team of Nigerian troops said it has arrested 11 suspected bandits and recovered 37 weapons during an operation in Nasarawa State. The troop consists of personnel of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Air Force, Nigeria Navy, the police and Department of State Service of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS). Commander of the operation Adeyemi Yekini…

Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has announced a change in date of its 2019 trades/non-tradesmen and women zonal recruitment exercise. NAF spokesman Ibikunle Daramola disclosed this in a statement. “Nigerian Air Force has rescheduled its 2019 trades/non-tradesmen and women zonal recruitment exercise earlier scheduled for 9-23 March 2019,” Daramola said. The recruitment exercise scheduled for Saturday,…

Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Friday said it has deployed surveillance aircrafts to monitor proceedings during the general election across the country. NAF spokesman Ibikunle Daramola disclosed this in a statement. He said Nigeria's Chief of the Air Staff Sadique Abubakar during a meeting sensitised all six commands of the force about their operations while…

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and to give back to the society where it operates from, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) 651 Base Service Group, Ikeja, Lagos State, recently organised a free diabetes, obesity and hypertension screening among other health services for members of Oshodi Community. The Air Force Group also engaged…