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The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has approved the implementation of a Group Personal Accident Insurance Policy (GPAIP) for all Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel. This policy aptly tallies with one of the key enablers of the CAS Command Philosophy, which dwells on, ‘Maintaining a highly motivated force by enhancing welfare and infrastructural renewal.’ While several insurance policies administered by the Ministry of Defence and the NAF Investment Limited cover all NAF personnel, they do not, however, adequately address some hazards and challenges encountered in...

…15 OTHERS COMMODORE The promotion of Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), to the rank of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) has been announced by the Nigerian Airforce. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, 22 December 2023, and signed by the Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Group Captain Kabiru Ali disclosed the elevation by the Airforce Council (AFC) of 37 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).A breakdown shows that out of the...

...FIVE CREWS SURVIVE A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday morning and all the crew members survived. This was confirmed in a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations (DOPRI), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in Abuja. According to him, all passengers onboard survived and they have been evacuated to the hospital for “minor injuries” sustained. The helicopter with the number NAF MI-35P crashed at exactly 7.45 am shortly after it took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in...

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has adopted measures aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, which have significantly exacerbated the various security challenges in the country. Air Marshal Abubakar stated this on Tuesday while delivering a lecture, via Zoom, to participants of the Senior Executive Course 45 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos. In his lecture titled, “Industrialization, Energy, Security and Climate Change: The Role of the Nigerian Air...

Air Component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have vowed to make life difficult for oil thieves and their accomplices in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria as they would continue to strike at the heart of their activities. As a result, a sting operation was carried out on Saturday, August 5, 2023, about 4 Nautical Miles South-East of Bille, a riverine area located West of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.  They struck three boats after they were sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline; as...