Nigeria's pathetic excuse for an Air Force near extinction. It uses 1960 era ex Soviet fighter jets and trainer aircrafts Nigerian Air Force despite being in a perperual state of military engagement for seventeen years. This is an embarassment, a disgrace unbefiting of a country like Nigeria.

Meanwhile, other smaller comparative air forces with limited resources are modernising at a rapid pace. Due to the reliance on a couple of obselete aircrafts, Nigeria is vulnerable in the skies and cannot protect the nation's airspace and critical infrastructure.

Old Glory

In 1983 when Chad invaded Nigerian Islands in the Lake Chad Basin, it was the dreaded MiG-21 that stole the show, with a Squadron of the venerable Jaguar fighter jet idle. The MiG-21 with its speed, superb flying manoeuvres with very good air to air and air to ground missiles pummeled the invading forces.


The situation today is different. The Nigerian air force is in bad shape, with the number of its flyable, operational warplanes now at one of its lowest ever, as Nigeria is now forced to weaponize its fleet of Aero L-39 trainers for operations in Nigeria's northeast in a ground attack role.

The Appropriation Act for 2015 released $36 million for three JF-17 multi-role combat aircraft. Three years down the line negotiations are still ongoing. 

Giving its fiscal resources and the number of aircrafts it has, Nigeria should have enough fighters to meet the mandate without resorting to converting its trainer aircrafts right? 

....WRONG !

We have to note that Nigeria uses three numbers to count its fighters. There is the total number of aircraft, the number of available aircraft and the number of deployable aircraft. There’s a difference between all three.

In other words, Nigeria has jets  it could fly and jets it can fly. Keeping track of each is standard practice for every air force.
Take the Chengdu F-7Ni fighter. The single engine Nose-intake fighter is  (im ashamed to say) is Nigeria’s most modern warplane, of which nine are in active service but only six deployable.

In total, Nigeria had 15 F-7N interceptors, lost two to crashes, has nine available and six deployable in 2016. That means less than half of Nigeria's fighter fleet is reliable in a war.

Enter the Alpha Jet. On paper Nigeria has 12 Alpha Jets. But even as dissapointing as it is, these numbers might be misleading. Nigeria's Air Brass does not “distinguish between ‘full’ or ‘conditional’ operational capability,”

When only counting the fully operational Alpha jets, the number of deployable fell to eight, So that’s 14 deployable strike aircrafts to defend 932,768 km of Nigerian territory. This is akin to playing a football match with six players.

The Nigerian Air Force is also caught in a time warp. As concepts of warfare changed, unmanned aerial weapons platforms took to the skies. The performance of unmanned combat aerial vehicles has proved so successful that more air forces are looking at drone warfare seriously.

In the case of the NAF even the indigenous drone programme under development by the Air Force Institute of Technology Currently, it is dependent on drones from Israel and China to carry out a suit of surveillance.

https://defensenigeria.com/2018/01/24/nigerian-air-force-becoming-a-source-of-national-embarrassment/

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Since Buhari destroyed the great àirforce he inherited from shagari our air force has been a shadow of itself

SalamRushdie:
Since Buhari destroyed the great àirforce he inherited from shagari our air force has been a shadow of itself

The Nigerian Air Force, in its bid for increased self-reliance, has successfully reconfigured 2 demilitarized Alpha Jets in its inventory that were hitherto acquired without weapon delivery capability. The Chief of Air Staff -Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar was seen with NAF technicians at the reconfiguration site.

According to NAF, the 2 aircraft are among the 4 Alpha Jets bought from the United States in 2015 by the immediate past administration to enhance the operational capability of the NAF to combat Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.

However, the aircraft could not be deployed to the theatre of operation before now due to the inherent weapon delivery deficiency hence its limited use for training purposes.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.com/2016/02/nigerian-air-force-locally-reconfigures.html

Sadly, Jona and your PDP uncles looted defense funds, including the $2 billion jona looted and gave to Dasuki#ATM to share with his friends and cronies.


They bought and imported non operational and decommissioned jets than can not carry weapons, not even a single bomb racks all because of looting, stealing and corruption.


Of what use is a decommissioned plane with no capacity to carry weapons or drop bombs?


You Igbos just need not keep quiet sometimes, you jokers think we don't know what happened and how we got here?


Ignorant Igbos sef.

The dude above me; you mean Nigerian airfoc was founded during Jonäthän regime ? Or he sold some of their assets ?

leofab:
The dude above me; you mean Nigerian airfoc was founded during Jonäthän regime ? Or he sold some of their assets ?

Go back to elementary school if at your old age you still don't know how to read and comprehend simple English words.


Why do you Igbos make it easy for people to label you ignorant and unintelligent?

deomelllo:




Go back to elementary school if at your old age you still don't know how to read and comprehend simple English words.


Why do you Igbos make it easy for people to label you ignorant and unintelligent?

Sai babarian from Nigger-Area spotted

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imhotep:

Sai babarian from Nigger-Area spotted

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Another ignorant and unintelligent village square ipob terrorist spotted.


Not interested in your rancid akpu breath abeg.

deomelllo:
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Another ignorant and unintelligent village square ipob terrorist spotted.


Not interested in your rancid akpu breath abeg.

Go and meditate upon Obasanjo's letter to el-dullardeen.
That letter will increase your IQ

SalamRushdie:
Since Buhari destroyed the great àirforce he inherited from shagari our air force has been a shadow of itself

Ask the people wey do ur work b4 2015 elections. Dem deactivate dem moniker last last or run for cover...some don dey get mouth again like firefire...same fate befall u all. Mark my words. Y do o have the feelings that u are that same clown called insincerenigerian

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imhotep:

Go and meditate upon Obasanjo's letter to el-dullardeen.
That letter will increase your IQ

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Another ignorant and unintelligent village square ipob terrorist spotted.


Not interested in your rancid akpu breath abeg.

progress69:

Ask the people wey do ur work b4 2015 elections. Dem deactivate dem acct last last. Or run for cover...some dpn dey get mouth again like firefire...same fate befall u all. Mark my words. Y do o have the feelings that u are that same clown called insincerenigerian

I remember that troll...

progress69:

Ask the people wey do ur work b4 2015 elections. Dem deactivate dem moniker last last or run for cover...some don dey get mouth again like firefire...same fate befall u all. Mark my words. Y do o have the feelings that u are that same clown called insincerenigerian

@SSGN, wetin come happen to all d recent aircraft wey dem dey mention say dem buy? Abi all na propaganda


Jordan dash dem some, US still sell some, where all of them come dey?

The only way out of this mess is for the Federal Government to partner with "private aviation/defence" companies (domestic/foreign) so as to develop the needed capacity in "research and production" of military/civilian aircrafts in Nigeria!


Honestly, that Air force institute in Kaduna is below standard!

deomelllo:
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Another ignorant and unintelligent village square ipob terrorist spotted.


Not interested in your rancid akpu breath abeg.

Sai chanji

deomelllo:




Go back to elementary school if at your old age you still don't know how to read and comprehend simple English words.


Why do you Igbos make it easy for people to label you ignorant and unintelligent?

how much more intelligent can you be by labeling everyone whose opinion opposes yours as Ipob

leofab:
how much more intelligent can you be by labeling everyone whose opinion opposes yours as Ipob

Why is it paining you? Guilty conscience troubling you?

All ipob moronnss in this thread produce Cownu now