NAF Jet
NAF Aircraft
NAF Jet
NAF Aircraft Shell Surviving Boko Haram Fighters at Buka
Bello
Video Link: https://youtu.be/T-DpFsqb3Zo
Air strikes being conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of
Operation LAFIYA DOLE under Operation GREEN SWEEP 3 have continued
to yield tangible results.
The latest of these results is the destruction of a Boko Haram
Terrorists (BHTs) Logistics Base/Assembly Area at Bula Bello on the
fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
The operation was executed today, 22 August 2019, after
Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions
revealed that the settlement was being used by BHT elements as a
staging area to launch attacks against own troops.
Consequently, the ATF dispatched 2 Alpha Jets and an Mi-35M
helicopter to attack the identified buildings within the
settlement. Overhead the target area, several BHT fighters were
seen within the settlement.
The 2 Alpha Jets therefore took turns attacking the target area,
scoring direct hits on the desired points of impact. The structures
were damaged by the strikes while several of the terrorists were
neutralized.
The few surviving fighters were taken out in follow-on strikes
by the MI-35M attack helicopter.
The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain
its operations against the terrorists in the Northeast.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force