ethiopia Mi-17/8

ethiopia Mig -27 jet

SAPS Special Task Force

PIC 1: STF operator watches as anti-poaching ranger apprehends 1 of 2 lucky poachers; 2 of their mates were...shall we say de-horned?

NNS Karaduwa


My new favorite patrol vessel. Nigerian navy's domestically built 40 meters SDB.



Hopefully the Navy awards a folllow-on order for 2 additional vessels, this time 60 meters, like the KCR-60 from Indonesia or the Cyclone class.

Nigerian navy engineering


5 Nigerian navy vessels are currently undergoing an extensive overhaul at the Naval dockyard. At the end of the exercise, NNS Ekun, NNS Siri, NNS Damisa, and the 2 Yola river-class boats pictured, would come back better than new.

This is very good news

Namibia

Cannonleo:
same here bro. Wil be joining after i graduate next year but i have a problem. I dont want to be confined behind a desk but a cockpit. A friend told me that unless u got in through NDA There is just 10% chance for you to be a pilot and 45% if you already have a pilots licence with engine type rating 2(ppl can serve)
I am not well to do although i work and study and so are my relatives to obtain one
I have asked this question over and over and i am asking again to henry240,jteku,jamesporeshenko,odunywn et al
(1) is there a process within NAF THAT enables aspiring officers get flight training and deployment as a pilot without coming thru nda.
(2) is there an aviation school foreign or local that gives full schorlarships to international students?
I know the last time ncat did this was 7 yrs ago. I have searched onine to no avail. Pls the men in the house help keep a dream held since childhood from burning out. I plead for detailed responses with links if i am in luck in no 2
Pardon my typo errors

question 1; yes there is (dikko usmar former CAS was dssc and he was a pilot in PAF)

Question 2; full scholarships?? I know of none

Well..most dssc officers become chair force or if lucky gets into the regiment...chances of being a pilot is low but chances of being type-rated on the basic trainers is high

africaken254:
ethiopia Mi-17/8

Hey, have you been following whats going on in ethiopia? and the rumours that some ethiopian soldiers are taking sides,,, all the way to the ones in Somalia.... If its true then it would be a really bad development...



In other unrelated news, have you watched season 2 of the BBC tv series 'Our Girl'. (you dont realy need to watch Sn1). Its like Eye in the sky in that they perpet to show alshabaab running active military camps inside kenya, but atleast inthis series they give some ofthe credit to kenyan forces, they dont make you(the viewer from kenya) feel disrespected all the time when watching the movie....

speaking of brits: pic brits training with kdf

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With over 5,000 creeks in Nigeria, the geography of Nigeria presents it own unique challenge and excitement for soldiers. As a matter of operational requirement and our current threats, the Navy has to invest heavily in 3 types of vessels. Offshore Patrol Vessels(OPV), Midshore Patrol Vessels/Inshore Patrol Vessels(MPV/IPV) and Inshore Patrol Crafts(IPC).



Inshore Patrol Crafts make up atleast 40% of the navy's entire fleet. So far this year, the Nigerian navy has received/ordered 129 IPCs. With 120 units supplied by local Nigerian companies, and 9 imported from Sri-Lanka.


Epenal group is the navy's main supplier with the company supplying 80 of the 100 boats ordered. These light bad boys are no push-overs as they come with powerful twin engines, carbon fiber composites, an aerodynamic hull which ensures agility on water, adequate protection against 7.62mm rounds and are heavily armed with both a 12.7mm HMG and a 40mm AGL which can hit targets that are 4km away with a 10 meters blast radius.


Nigerian navy IPCs.

Fidha254:
kdf

Really nice images.

Henry240:



Inshore Patrol Crafts make up atleast 40% of the navy's entire fleet. So far this year, the Nigerian navy has received/ordered 129 IPCs. With 120 units supplied by local Nigerian companies, and 9 imported from Sri-Lanka.




Nigerian navy IPCs.

Nice post. Can you list some apart from NESL, mordant marine.

tdayof:


Nice post. Can you list some apart from NESL, mordant marine.

They are many. Niger-Dock shipbuilding, West-African shipyards, John holt boat building, Alpha-Marine boat building, Epenal group, Aluminiumnow Nigeria, Dormanlong shipbuilding, Onne shipyards.

Henry240:
Nigerian navy engineering


5 Nigerian navy vessels are currently undergoing an extensive overhaul at the Naval dockyard. At the end of the exercise, NNS Ekun, NNS Siri, NNS Damisa, and the 2 Yola river-class boats pictured, would come back better than new.

frontal view

1..AW139. rescue helo 2...NDA naval cadets indoor swimming pool 3....NIGERIAN army regular resting

KDF pics, very good. This is the sh!t I kinda like seeing on military photos.

Action pics = 100 points
Selfies/Poses = 0 points

Egyptian Air Force Reaper UCAV

algerian navy will get 6 Project 20382 «Tiger» corvettes Displacement 2430 t command in 2013 delivry starting 2017

Rafale egyptian air force

chkil:
algerian navy will get 6 Project 20382 «Tiger» corvettes Displacement 2430 t command in 2013 delivry starting 2017

I kinda feel like, everyday in Algeria must be Christmas.

Henry240:
Egyptian Air Force CH-4 UCAV

it's a Reaper on the pic , the reaper have a Y tail , the CH-4 , wing loong have a V tail


pic 1 mq9 reaper
pic 2 CH-4

Egypt displays South African EW system



The Egyptian Armed Forces displayed a new mobile electronic warfare (EW) system for the first time during a parade marking the October 1973 war with Israel.

The system was labelled as the GSY2210 and the announcer for the television coverage of the parade said it was a radio communications reconnaissance and jamming system that had been made in South Africa and entered Egyptian service in 2011.

While the GSY2210 has never been heard of before, the GSY 1450, GSY 1501 and GSY 1800 systems were made by the South African company Grintek Ewation, which is now GEW Technologies

source: janes

Henry240:
Egyptian Air Force CH-4 UCAV

That's a Reaper. The "Y" shaped tail gave it away. www.nairaland.com/attachments/4355029_ea15yyz_jpeg12013a3629e354d7e8d0689bd78b19b3 But what's more confusing is that, Egypt is only known to be in possesion of Caihong4 *CH4* and not Reaper.

SAAF Hawk

a nice video about egyptian army


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIyET0jk9zM

NAF pilot debriefing RAF personnel after a training mission

Henry240:


I kinda feel like, everyday in Algeria must be Christmas.

It obviously helps when your government spends R13 bil on defence

jln115:
It obviously helps when your government spends R13 bil on defence

6 Tiger corvettes, that's just impressive.

Nigeria

Henry240:


6 Tiger corvettes, that's just impressive.

Considering our threat level I don't see the SANDF ever having a budget more than 2% of GDP.....which would be about $8 bil now.

IMO Nigeria should at least be spending between 2-3% on defence currently....just imagine the NDF with a $12 bil budget!!

Algeria spend more than 6% percent of GDP on defence, that's like SANDF and NDF having a budget of $24 billion...... Image having a fvcking $24 bil defence budget....SAAF would by flying 150 Gripens, SAN would be sailing 24 Valours and The Army driving 2000 Leopard 2s