The successful air strike by the NAF
Alpha Jet aircraft followed calls from the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8...
The GOC therefore requested for support from the NAF, sequel to which
the Alpha Jet aircraft was immediately scrambled to provide CAS.
The crew of a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft established contact with the ground troops and guided
the Alpha Jet aircraft crew to the major source of fire from the BHTs, which was seen coming from a particular settlement.
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF)
Alpha Jet aircraft on Monday, 7 May 2018, neutralized scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) while providing Close Air Support (CAS) to ground troops.
The Alpha Jet aircraft acquired and attacked the target with bombs, neutralising many of the BHTs.
Not exact matches
Consequently, a combination of NAF fighter
aircraft namely the F7 - Ni,
Alpha Jet and L - 39 ZA
aircraft was detailed to carry out air interdiction on the BHT gathering.
The NAF attack through air interdiction mission was conducted with two
Alpha Jet and one F - 7Ni
aircraft.
Some of the
aircraft that took part in the display include the
Alpha Jet, L - 39ZA, F - 7Ni,...
In September, ThunderFish
Alpha got its first hit, locating the first and shortly after even a second model of the Arrow
jet — a huge success, since people have been looking for wreckage of the supersonic
aircraft for 50 years.