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We already have a good number of EC-135, they are from germany even if they many french stuff I will rater go for them ..

ActivateKruger:


The Huey = medium lift
EC-135 = light lift

The two platforms can't be compared.

Didnt knew that but even if so the Mi-17 kill it

Henry240:

They were not bought, merely gifted. The EC-135 wasn't bought either, also gifted.

I am talking about number and ease maintenance. The same platform is better than many.

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Henry240:
AMISOM troops have launched a massive operation to flush out Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle region and secure main supply routes in the area.

“The purpose of today’s operation is to ensure that we wipe out the Al-Shabaab elements in these general areas, and of course as you are aware that AMISOM is here to support the Somali National security forces who are already moving ahead of us in this operation,” he said.

Mamba looks a bit rusted!!

jln115:

Mamba looks a bit rusted!!

The UPDF didn't bother themselves much with anti-corrosive paint - I guess.

Nok234:

I am talking about number and ease maintenance. The same platform is better than many.

Yes sir, that's how it should be done.

1 heavy-lift platform (if needed)
1 medium-lift platform
1 light-lift platform
1 maritime platform
1 specialised platform (totally optional)


You can't go wrong.

The vest, Me likey

Nok234:

Didnt knew that but even if so the Mi-17 kill it

The Mi-17 is a better helicopter and you don't have to deal with the Yanks... Also, should you have a problem with any Mi-17, you can drop off a quotation request at many fixing points including Denel Aviation (which is a certified Mi-17 "fixing" centre).


**on a thought, I wonder who came up with the idea to take an impounded Huey and give it NAF colours. It seems like someone forgot the US policies towards the Nigerian military. Don't ever break a thing on it because Uncle Sam won't be giving away spares.

ActivateKruger:


The Mi-17 is a better helicopter and you don't have to deal with the Yanks... Also, should you have a problem with any Mi-17, you can drop off a quotation request at many fixing points including Denel Aviation (which is a certified Mi-17 "fixing" centre).


**on a thought, I wonder who came up with the idea to take an impounded Huey and give it NAF colours. It seems like someone forgot the US policies towards the Nigerian military. Don't ever break a thing on it because Uncle Sam won't be giving away spares.

Do you think we pluck parts for our C-130s and Beechcraft out of mango trees ? this guy

ActivateKruger:


Yes sir, that's how it should be done.

1 heavy-lift platform (if needed)
1 medium-lift platform
1 light-lift platform
1 maritime platform
1 specialised platform (totally optional)


You can't go wrong.

Yes but don't also forget that 1 helicopter can fill 2 roles at the same time. The EC-135 is the civilian version there is the military version called EC635 (armed, recon, S&R variants) and with most of the same components .. And the price/quality is more attractive

ActivateKruger:


The Mi-17 is a better helicopter and you don't have to deal with the Yanks... Also, should you have a problem with any Mi-17, you can drop off a quotation request at many fixing points including Denel Aviation (which is a certified Mi-17 "fixing" centre).


**on a thought, I wonder who came up with the idea to take an impounded Huey and give it NAF colours. It seems like someone forgot the US policies towards the Nigerian military. Don't ever break a thing on it because Uncle Sam won't be giving away spares.

US do this to everybody, it is one of my fears for sure I dont trust them... We all know how NAF acquired those helo, they are waiting for others helo fighters but production takes time lets say it ways "in a hurry" measure. Meawhile nice helo NAF has many types of toys to test a maybe choose one later to stick to

Odunayaw:
Well put. Jointness like the Brits with their Joint Forces Aviation Wing right?

Nice to know my name has some history, unfortunately my dad is only an ambassador of his tribe

No. More like the Brits with their army, navy and air force on 1 operation being controlled from 1 single military source. Like our JOps.

UPDF

UPDF AMISOM

frumentius:
Minusma on the road between Gao and Kidal.



After reading the above, 1st question that came to me was "why is their convoy spacing so poor"?

They are scared of Rambo fighters they might be picked off one by one so they have to stay close together.

rka2:
camera installed

Sh....ty media.
sophisticated aircraft?

gottfried21:
UPDF AMISOM

You gotta love the Ugandan pattern.

MikeCZA:
They are scared of Rambo fighters they might be picked off one by one so they have to stay close together.

Those are new delivery trucks and not an operational armed convoy.

gottfried21:
UPDF AMISOM

the UPDF kit has really improved

Odunayaw:
The vest, Me likey

Going prone in that will be hard.

Henry240:

Those are new delivery trucks and not an operational armed convoy.

Spacing is not just for ambushes.

Henry240:

Those are new delivery trucks and not an operational armed convoy.

They're on the road moving, ain't they?

andrewza:



Spacing is not just for ambushes.

Those are contractors delivering vehicles to Burkina-Faso. Look up the original UN caption on facebook.

ActivateKruger:


They're on the road moving, ain't they?

And the auditor comes on to defend this nonsense. Reason? A UN PR person on facebook said.

See why I don't bother with the onanist.

ActivateKruger:


They're on the road moving, ain't they?

they are off road in a F ING desert,are they supposed keep their lane !?nonsense

SOUVIM 2 road mine clearing vehicle deployed in Mali by the French army

Never mind basic military safe practice, I really should stop expecting common sense on here.

newafricaken254:
they are off road in a F ING desert,are they supposed keep their lane !?nonsense

It's a desert highway you idi#t, that's the very desert road that's littered with IEDs. Of course I don't think you understand what spacing we're talking about.

frumentius:
Never mind basic military safe practice, I really should stop expecting common sense on here.

Zero logic, zero tactical knowledge..... Just nothing.
That's how some Nairalanders like it.

Hundreds of fleeing residents have returned to Gulak in Madagali Local Government area after soldiers repelled a massive attack following heavy fighting..

Daily Trust gathered that large number of armed insurgents who thronged the town at about 6:30 am on Monday engaged the military in fierce battle that lasted for four hours, causing residents to flee their homes amid explosions and gun fire.

Some of the displaced residents said they had returned to their homes around 11 pm after news broke that the insurgents were successfully repelled from the town.

" We have just returned home to find that one of our female relatives was killed by stray bullet.while we were hiding in the bush. We are grateful,to the military for their effort, we had all thought the town was lost when we saw Boko Haram boys taking over position and the explosion and gunfire, we thank God ", a resident told our reporter on telephone.

Sources indicated that the assailants were rolled back after soldiers and equipment were quickly drafted from neighboring towns in Northern Adamawa and Southern Borno..

The Madagali Local Council chairman, Muhammad Yusuf who spoke to Daily Trust earlier confirmed an on going battle between the Nigerian military supported by local hunters and the insurgents.

Details about casualty is not yet known but sources indicate that three soldiers and a number of the attackers lost their lives.

Major Badare Akintoye, the spokes person of the 28 Task Force Battalion in Mubi did not answer calls from our reporter.as at the time of filing this report.

The attack came 48 hours after two male suicide bombers sneaked in to the area and blew up themselves at a house on the outskirt of Gulak, killing two civilians.in the process.

Madagali, which was liberated from Boko Haram in 2015 is lying on the border with Borno State, the epicentre of Boko Haram uprising and Cameroon Republic. The area is surrounded by bushes that connect to Sambisa Forest which is the main hide out of the insurgents.

ActivateKruger:


It's a desert highway you idi#t, that's the very desert road that's littered with IEDs. Of course I don't think you understand what spacing we're talking about.

this b@tch a$$ N thinks he knows it all.f ool can't even see those vehicle are spaced except two two that are parallel.littered with IED my a@@,do you think IED are mines !?