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How NAF
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How NAF Alpha Jets Eliminated ISWAP Terrorists in
Northern Borno
The sustained air offensive against remnants of Islamic State of
West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on the fringes of Lake Chad
has yielded additional results as the Air Task Force (ATF) of
Operation LAFIYA DOLE, today, 5 June 2019, destroyed terrorists’
structures and logistics facilities at Tumbun Kaiyowa in Northern
Borno State.
The operation was executed following confirmation by a Nigerian
Air Force (NAF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
platform that some terrorists were harboured, along with their
logistics items and facilities, in some structures well-camouflaged
under dense vegetation within the location.
Accordingly, the ATF scrambled 2 Alpha Jet aircraft to attack
the location, recording direct hits on the structures and logistics
facilities, which were seen engulfed in flames.
Several ISWAP fighters were equally neutralized as a result of
the strikes.
The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain
the effort to completely degrade the terrorists in the
Northeast.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force