NAF Jet
NAF Jet
NAF’s Helicopter, Jet Strike BanditS in Zamfara
Forest
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The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has
intensified the bombardment of armed bandits’ hideouts in Zamfara
State and environs. The air strikes were preceded by days of
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions,
initiated based on credible Human Intelligence reports, which led
to the identification of several camps being used by the bandits to
launch attacks against innocent civilians.
One of the air interdiction missions was conducted at dawn on 7
February 2019, at a location in Rugu Forest South of Gurbin Baure,
where some armed bandits were seen assembled by a logistics truck
parked near their compound-hideout. The ATF dispatched a Nigerian
Air Force (NAF) attack helicopter and an Alpha Jet to engage the
bandits’ truck and compound.
Overhead the target area, the bandits were seen dispersing in
different directions with some attempting to make a getaway in the
truck. The helicopter strafed the moving truck in successive passes
immobilizing it and neutralizing its occupants. The Alpha Jet
simultaneously attacked the compound and destroyed one of the huts
harbouring the bandits, which was seen engulfed in flames. Credible
Intelligence sources later revealed that several bandits were
killed as a result of the attack.
The NAF, working in close coordination with surface forces and
other security agencies, will sustain its reconnaissance and air
interdiction missions to neutralize the armed bandits and deny them
freedom of action in the area.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force