MiddleDimension:
are these new or repainted alpha jets?

Repainted. They've been on that camo for some time...

tdayof:


Repainted. They've been on that camo for some time...

when will the NAF become a true fighng force?

MiddleDimension:


when will the NAF become a true fighng force?

I can only answer questions on technical equipments. Henry240 and Jakes can answer your question perfectly on doctrine etc

MiddleDimension:


when will the NAF become a true fighng force?

It all depends on what you mean actually?

ActivateKruger:


NAF reasons: Hey we love the desert cammo pattern, let's put it up.

if they like they should paint it hot red or sexual pink what matters is that they should keep buying more and more

Henry240:
Mobile toilets been transferred to TAC for NAF Day 2017

strategic airlift aircraft carrying strategic assets

Henry240:

That's the Pl-9C AAM.

kudoz

Henry240:
The Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army day celebrations have been unbridled successes. What does the Navy have is store, I guess we would have to wait for Navy day to find out.


Hopefully in next year's edition of NAF day, all weapons fired would be made or partly made in Nigeria.


We have started with unguided rockets this year, next year should be guided.

For the first time in almost a decade the NAF has a leader, and it is becoming more and more apparent every single day.

LTGEN:

For the first time in almost a decade the NAF has a leader, and it is becoming more and more apparent every single day.

i pray he retires has the chief of airforce staff, the way his going he might be the defense chief.

Hopefully Ara will be ready before Army day in June/ July .



SB Abubakar is the best thing to happened to NAF
He should inculcate the new path in upcoming possible candidates for CAS, to ensure continuity of his brilliant policies

TVC news video/interview of the Nigerian pilot who flew solo around the world.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKqll7GoUdo

Henry240:


Not that bastard Badeh, and his protege an equally useless Amosu. All these things including the JF-17 should have been bought in 2013 - 2014 when we still had money.

u Don coming again.

dey are innocent until proven guilty.

hope u have read the final report of the arms procurement investigation committee.

dis could be badeh n amosu work.

jakeporeshenko:

Hahahaha sure it's kaduna? At this rate they can even repaint Eagle 1 and the entire presidential air fleet, so when bubu is flying he's enemies cannot see him.

bubu is his own enemy

jakeporeshenko:
NAF F-7 and its armaments including AAM.
I hope in the nearest future NAF will develop the ability to manufacture its own ordinance with help from our Pakistani friends

First time I'll be seeing NAF; Air-air missile on display.

tdayof:



....and they said we have no missiles

in the sight of sm guys from "down"and east of Africa it's actually a "cassava" stick.

and they'd argue to the last.

giles14:
u Don coming again.

dey are innocent until proven guilty.

hope u have read the final report of the arms procurement investigation committee.

dis could be badeh n amosu work.

With all that money - what did they buy. They where all stocking and piling the defense allocation in private apartments in abuja and Lagos.

bidexiii:


With all that money - what did they buy. They where all stocking and piling the defense allocation in private apartments in abuja and Lagos.

pls which money

giles14:
pls which money

E don do.

@Bidexiii

Some non-Nigerian content.

AMISOM Somalia

UPDF

Henry240:


It's looking like a possibility. I won't rule it out.

You don't know what happened to Airborne360 yesterday. Baba wey i think say for dey show skills.

Na sentry duties dey come carry am go. I see baba dey here for Nairaland dey hustle for pictures like the rest of us.

My brother, I never still recover from the shock sef.

hehe hehe trust really boring yesterday, strapped on waiting on the tamac and those BH nor gree show face for boys to light fireworks

chkil0:
Beechcraft , during open doors at boufarik air base , Algeria AF

cool and sweet machine to fly

Nigerian Police in Mali

Nigeria COIN

Nigerian troops detect and detonate a road-side IED

Airborne360:
hehe hehe trust really boring yesterday, strapped on waiting on the tamac and those BH nor gree show face for boys to light fireworks

You guys are always ready to deploy. What happened to the base that got under an attack for good 1 hour?

Henry240:
Nigerian Police in Mali

Kai. Mehn that gun heavy

More photos from Nigeria Air Force Day

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what danegrous evidences , i can find the same things in the bottom of one of my drawers

some old phones , old tv remote control with batteries ,

Airborne360:
hehe hehe trust really boring yesterday, strapped on waiting on the tamac and those BH nor gree show face for boys to light fireworks

We figured so but we had to make fun of you.
Happy hunting in the days to come may your bird come back lighter than when it left base.
Seriously speaking the NAF has a leader in Sadiq.Nigeria is blessed.

tdayof:

You guys are always ready to deploy. What happened to the base that got under an attack for good 1 hour?

that enquiry will go to the ogas at the top.

chkil0:
what danegrous evidences , i can find the same things in the bottom of one of my drawers

some old phones , old tv remote control with batteries ,

This seems like a joke, what country is this from?

I was referring to the fire support version of the Badger, not the IFV. The 30mm is more than adequate for a IFV. I'm especially pleased they stuck with a feed system that can be replenished one round at a time from inside the turret.
I would have preferred they went with the original 35mm emak as planned though. Why go for the current standard if you could leapfrog a generation.

The Emak 35 was also capable of upgrading to a 50mm supershot by just changing the barrel. The 35/50mm caliber is much deadlier than 30mm for AAA use. The US has even developed a beam riding guided 50mm round for it. Modern fire control makes IFV's as deadly in the AAA role as dedicated 1980's AAA.

As for fire support. We used the Ratel 90 for fire support even when the Rooikat was available. Remember the Rooikat's original mission was recon and probing actions. They would raid deep or into the flanks using their manoeuvrability. Think of it more of a cavalry vehicle like the US army uses in their armoured formations.
We did use them as fire support, but the KAT's speed is wasted if you pair it with a 6x6 Ratel. From operating nxt to them Heg/Steg i'd say the KAT was at least 2x faster.

Don't underestimate that 90mm. There are many a T-55/65 crew who did to their peril. The 90 could hit out to 2km and the low recoil meant you could stick it in a IFV platform and load a lot of rounds. Keep in mind that a technical with a ZU23 has nowhere near that range, because its such an unstable platform.
You're supposed to peg it to the ground when emplaced. You might get round 1 in the belt near me, but the nxt one is going to land in another country. On top of that it has to stop to fire and is un-armoured, so I just have to get close with my HE to perforate you.

For fire support you ideally need a vehicle that's built on the same platform as your IFV for logistics reasons and can be permanently attached to your mech infantry. Giving it the same gun is pointless as the whole idea of it is to take on targets like bunkers, buildings, walls etc. that the 30mm can't. Another thing most people don't consider is how much damage you can do to your own guys if you shoot 105/120mm close to your infantry. I have permanent hearing loss in my right ear from being too close to a olifant 105mm when it went off. They were supposed to use their horn before they fired. I came to with my face in the ground, a concussion,blown eardrum and unable to breath. Walked around like a zombie for 30mins.
Consider that when you shoot a gun like that , you are burning enough propellent to make pipe bomb that would absolutely flatten a big house. Now you are squeezing all that explosive energy through a hole not much more than 10cm across.
The 90mm was mounted much higher and you could have guys nxt to it when it went of without it taking out half the section.

ActivateKruger:


I find the 90mm an odd gun in modern battlefields. You either have formal armies using heavy armour that a 90mm can't penetrate or you have guys running around with Toyota bakkies that you'll have a hard time shooting with a 90mm. It's either you have a 76mm and below or 105mm and above.

As for the 30mm SANDF selection, I think it's a perfect choice as you would have noticed that the world now uses a 25/30mm as standard.