Air Force

Air Force promotes 52 senior officers

The Air Force Council has announced the promotion of 19 Air Vice Marshals and 33 Air Commodores in the Nigerian Air Force. In a statement on Friday by the Deputy Director of Public Relations & Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali…

Air Force neutralises notorious kidnapper in Kaduna

The air component of the special joint military taskforce “Operation Whirl Punch’’ neutralised a notorious terrorist and kidnap kingpin, “Janari’’ and several members of his syndicate on Saturday. Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, AVM Edward Gabkwet, stated in Abuja…

Two Indian military jets crash, pilot killed

Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed on Saturday, killing one pilot, in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises south of the capital New Delhi. The crash involved a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30, carrying two pilots, and a French-built Mirage…