Whyem15:

Omo the result was massive see dead bodies of Those bastards Gahhhddd...

Bbbwings:

Omo
Is that live bullets or duds

the bullets are live

lebuhsi:


Yes, and Erdogan wants to expand turkey's geopolitical power in Nostalgia of the Ottoman days. Turkey's activities and meddling in Libya, Syria, Azerbaijan, and the Mediterranean Sea have significantly increased in the last 5 years.

And in all these countries they are stepping on Russia toes and putin doesn't seem bothered

Iran has absolutely nothing to gain by giving Trump and Netanyahu pretext for war in the last days of the Trump administration, they have a lot to lose if war were to break out.

tunisian air force formation ( pilots, technicians , doctors) with US national gard Wyoming . on C 130 and UH-60M . sept. 2020



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwaOwAOO9I

Flintlock 2019 exercise pic

heavy maintenance cycle in russia for algerian sukhoi 30 MKA .

this kind of periodic maintenance, change of some parts, motors ect .. is also included in the calculation of the cost of Flight per hour

Tunisian army is switching its regular riffle from the steyr to the M4A1

ENHANCING INTERNAL SECURITY: NAF CONDUCTS JOINT COMBAT SEARCH, RESCUE EXERCISE ALONG KADUNA - ABUJA HIGHWAY, RESTATES COMMITMENT TO DEFEND NIGERIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

In furtherance of its sustained efforts to enhance the capacity, professionalism and combat readiness of its personnel to tackle various internal security challenges and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 2 January 2021, conducted a Joint Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Special Forces (SF) and Air Police K-9 Simulation Exercise (JCSAEX) at Rijana Village along Kaduna-Abuja Highway. The Exercise, code named “TAIMAKO YAZO”, was aimed at simulating tactics, doctrine and synergy amongst first responders for effective CSAR operations of downed aircrew or other NAF personnel who have had to eject or abandon their aircraft in emergency situations. The ability to rescue crew from hostile environments is particularly important as it can be adapted for anti-kidnapping operations as was recently done by the NAF in concert with other security agencies in the rescue of the kidnapped boys of Government Science Secondary School Kankara.

Speaking during the Exercise, the Special Guest of Honour, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated that the overall desire of the NAF is to ensure that personnel are trained and equipped to maintain very high levels of combat readiness and operational effectiveness. According to him, in a bid to better reposition the NAF SF through robust capacity building for more effective response to the various security challenges bedeviling the country in the areas of counter-terrorism, airport security and anti-banditry operations, the NAF in 2019 conducted several counter-terrorism exercises in Kaduna, Kano, Niger and Osun States. The CAS noted that the importance of training to a fighting force like the NAF cannot be over emphasized as regular purposeful training remains the cornerstone of military combat readiness. “It is in realization of this that the NAF ensures that its personnel are mentally alert and physically fit at all times, through regular training and exercises so that we remain continually willing, able and ready to defend the nation”, the CAS said.

Air Marshal Abubakar stated that, even with today’s modern weapons systems, it is the personnel with competence that would make the difference in any current or future conflict situations. This philosophy, he said, had been incorporated into the NAF policies and regulations so that every personnel maintains a high level of combat readiness to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the conduct of a wide spectrum of military operations. The CAS highlighted that, in the quest to achieve professionalism, Service members are subjected to excruciatingly difficult training procedures and exposed to various terrain conditions to enable them develop and sustain a high level of combat effectiveness. “This, no doubt, will help our personnel perform at the highest standards throughout their career”, he said.

The CAS further remarked that the timing for the conduct of the exercise was apt as it readily tests the combat and physical readiness of NAF personnel to face the very difficult security challenges currently confronting the Nation. Air Marshal Abubakar, who expressed satisfaction and excitement over the Exercise, noted that the resources being expended on a daily basis to ensure that NAF personnel are given the skills required and training needed to conduct operations successfully were yielding tangible results. Speaking further, the CAS said he was highly impressed with the Exercise in terms of coordination between the air and ground elements. According to him, “security is not only about bullets, bombs and rockets, it is about everybody putting hands on deck to ensure that the Country is secured. This Exercise will be a continuous one, we have done one here. From now to June 2021, we will have 6 of these Exercises. Most of these Exercises will now move to the Northwest, particularly in Zamfara and Katsina States. We are also about to activate the NAF Unit in Funtua to further reduce our response time as well as bring security even closer to the people”, the CAS revealed.

The CAS seized the opportunity to express his profound gratitude to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari for his unflinching support to the growth and development of the NAF. He also thanked members of the National Assembly and the Honourable Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff and other Service Chiefs for their continued support to the NAF. The CAS reassured Nigerians that the NAF remains fully committed to the successful execution of its constitutional roles and would continue to meet its statutory responsibility of defending the territorial integrity and national sovereignty, whether acting singly or in unison with surface forces and other security agencies. Conducting the Exercise along Kaduna-Abuja Highway, the CAS said, would impact positively and deter criminals from coming out to attack innocent citizens.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Special Operations Command (SOC), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Charles Ohwo, stated that the Exercise was in line with the CAS’ deliberate efforts to boost human capacity development through robust and result oriented training for enhanced professional performance. The event, he said, would enhance NAF’s combat efficiency, which is borne from the right combinations of man and machine integration as well as effective methods, tactics and doctrine.

Highlights of the Exercise included the operational briefing and giving of orders by the Commander 013 Quick Response Force, Squadron Leader Victor Uba along with his sub-unit and component commanders, which was held behind closed doors. This was immediately followed by seamless execution of the operational plan, which featured live firing of canons and rockets from NAF fixed and rotary wing attack aircraft, followed by insertion of CSAR operatives as well as fast-roping and rappelling of NAF SF (the PANTHERS) and K-9 elements and movement of teams to the objective area. There was also logistics re-supply of ammunition to the assaulting forces by tactical air-drop from a helicopter and subsequent rescue of the downed pilots in hostile environment, extraction of the assault team by air while being provided with close air support by an attack helicopter overhead the objective area.

Among other dignitaries that graced the occasion were the Branch Chiefs form Headquarters NAF, General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Air Officers Commanding, Commandant Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Deputy Commandant Nigerian Defence Academy, Directors from Headquarters NAF, Commanders of NAF units as well as the Community Leader of Rijana, Dagacin Rijana, Fadan Achi, Mr Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, among many other serving military officers.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force
2 January 2021

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Massive Nigerian military exercise today

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Central African soldiers trained and equiped by russia Wagner group. Dealt a heavy blow today on rebels in the town of damara.

I know, it uses kerosene

jln115:
the Gripen cost only $2000 per hour ...

fabselad:
Central African soldiers trained and equiped by russia Wagner group. Dealt a heavy blow today on rebels in the town of damara.

This unit seems really well trained.

Whyem15:

They can't even maintain secrecy. .
Saboteurs everywhere.

Raaven:
heavy maintenance cycle in russia for algerian sukhoi 30 MKA .

this kind of periodic maintenance, change of some parts, motors ect .. is also included in the calculation of the cost of Flight per hour

Please don't tell majority of the jets goes to Russia for maintenance..
Isn't there or shouldn't there be clause that allows some maintenance to be done in Algeria..
Or shouldn't they teach the Algeria airforce how to maintain the jets to some extent

kabe1:


This unit seems really well trained.

Yeah they are called SAOS-GSPR 'ALPHA'

Sizzorkay:
I know, it uses kerosene

Are you serious

Sizzorkay:
I know, it uses kerosene

Are you serious

jln115:
the Gripen cost only $2000 per hour ...

from this official south african source : an official report from Brigadier general John william Bayne the director combat systems in SAAF and responsible for the grippen and hawk
a realy intersting pdf : https://justice.gov.za/comm-sdpp/hearings/witness-statements/ws-Brigadier-General-John-William-Bayne.pdf

we can see that the cost per hour for south african gripen in 2012, 2013 was 135.400 rounds (pic 1) , thats 9234 dollars per hour

and according to him with a new user Requirement Specification (URS) ( new strategy for rotation to reduce the maintenance cost and avoid long term storage ) (pic 2) source : https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/saaf-jets-arent-in-storage-says-general-1572829 and with 6 time more flying (3600 hours instead of 600 ) cost would drop to 65100 rounds (4400 dollars per hour) .

the 2000 dollar (30.000 rounds) per hour is only for fuel

Raaven:



from this official south african source : an official report from Brigadier general John william Bayne the director combat systems in SAAF and responsible for the grippen and hawk
a realy intersting pdf : https://justice.gov.za/comm-sdpp/hearings/witness-statements/ws-Brigadier-General-John-William-Bayne.pdf

we can see that the cost per hour for south african gripen in 2012, 2013 was 135.400 rounds (pic 1) , thats 9234 dollars per hour

and according to him with a new user Requirement Specification (URS) ( new strategy for rotation to reduce the maintenance cost and avoid long term storage ) source : https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/saaf-jets-arent-in-storage-says-general-1572829 and with 6 time more flying (3600 hours instead of 600 ) cost would drop to 65100 rounds (4400 dollars per hour) .

the 2000 dollar (30.000 rounds) per hour is only for fuel

ahhh.... Still better than $35000

Fidha254:
Yesterday I posted an article about a Kenyan manufactured clone/look-a-like/tweaked version of m16 and m4 carbine assault rifles from my other account @Stargate254 and that post dissapered and I didn't have the strength to retype my comment. Anyone know what causes nairaland servers/web hosting servicees to behave like this?

This is what I had tried to post that day

Suez Canal, Egypt as a second canal is formed back in 2015. Another expansion project has been underway to increase ship capacity to about 100 a day that will double the annual revenue to over 13 billion by 2023.

Did i sound serious? Can't tell that was a joke?

marvin906:




Are you serious

The Suez Canal a feat of Mega Engineering.

Stargate254:


This is what I had tried to post that day

We need a company like this in Nigeria to produce good riffles like these !

marvin906:



Please don't tell majority of the jets goes to Russia for maintenance..
Isn't there or shouldn't there be clause that allows some maintenance to be done in Algeria..
Or shouldn't they teach the Algeria airforce how to maintain the jets to some extent

its heavy overhauling maintenance , they even stripper paint to find and repair invisible micro cracks . for the normal maintenance its done in algeria but each 1500 fly hours they need to send them for this kind of heavy maintenance .

we dont have a heavy maintenance center for our sukhoi 30 . that was a big mistake by those who signed the contracts not to include a large maintenance center, since we have a large fleet of sukhoi and russian aircraft in service

pic maintenance in algeria

Nigerian Air Force JF-17

kabe1:
Nigerian Air Force JF-17

Just three jets having this delay....

marvin906:




Just three jets having this delay....

I think Nigeria only recently paid for the JF-17. As Pakistan only recently raised a sovereign wealth guarantee last year.

All the years since Amosu, the jet was under evaluation.

After so many years of waiting, the JF-17 Thunder multirole 4th Gen fighter jet is coming to Nigeria.

Here are my thoughts on the purchase.


The JF-17 is a capable modern fighter jet, comparable in capabilities to the Gripen C/D version currently in service in South-Africa.

The JF-17 is a modern Chinese plane which is also produced in Pakistan by PAC. It is an all weather, day & night 4th Gen platform which has the capability to deliver almost all modern Chinese built air munitions, including dumb/ free fall bombs.

The fighter jet features an open design, so in theory can carry Western avionics, Chinese and Russian avionics as per customer requirements.

It has a top speed of mach 1.6, the jet features very modern EW systems, it can carrying targeting pods, air refueling capabilities and has 7 hard points.

It is powered by a single RD-93 (MIG-29 engine) delivering 19,000 lbf with after burner.

A good jet.

However, the JF-17 is a tad too late for a country like Nigeria.

The JF-17 does not provide the Nigerian Air Force with capabilities the service doesn't currently have. The threats Nigeria currently faces are asymmetrical in nature, Low Intensity Conflict.

For these threats we have Alpha Jets ( some upgraded with modern avionics), L-39, F-7NI, Super Tucanos and UCAVs.

So getting a JF-17 Block II which doesn't really add any special capability to our current inventory might not be the best decision.

Where Nigeria has a significant shortfall is in Air Policing, Air Defence, Air to Air combat.

In this area, the Nigerian Air Force only has F-7NI jets, a 3.5 Gen, MIG-21 derivative.

The JF-17 clearly outclasses the F-7NI, but in the age of the F-35, SU-57, SU-35 and Rafale, both jets (JF-17 and F-7NI) are dinosaurs of a by gone era.

Perhaps, this explains the decision why the Nigerian Air Force is getting only 3 units of the JF-17.

It also might explain the reason why the service is not in a hurry to get them.

Perhaps the Nigerian Air Force currently has eyes set on the JF-17 Block III, but then, apart from a lone prototype, the JF-17 Block III doesn't exist.

Even if the JF-17 Block III exists, it needs to reach FOC ( full operating capability) with it's country of origin before it can be considered for export.

It would have been much better if Nigeria invested the cash used in sourcing the JF-17 on additional MI-17 (12 units) and completed the order of MI-35M, while we upgraded the F-7NI's in service.


In my opinion the NAF should have waited for sometime, then procured the MIG-29M from Russia, perhaps 18 units.

The JF-17 is a capable 4th Gen jet, but I question the jet's relevance in the air battles of today.