Nigerian Air Force has said its fighters in the North-East of the country had been able to do considerable damage to the operations of Boko Haram insurgents in the area.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, made the revelation during the graduation ceremony of Course 2/2014 of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC).
Amosu said the efforts of the Nigerian Air Force and the other arms of the armed forces had decimated Boko Haram insurgents, weakened their capabilities and destroyed their supply lines.
He said the Nigerian Air Force had been able to provide strategic and tactical airlift for the armed forces to be able to
combat insurgency within the North-East of the country.
Unlike the situation in Mali, where the forces fighting insurgents, were unable to get strategic airlift, Amosu said the Nigerian Air Force had been able to support the operations of the military through the airlifting of troops and ability to drop supplies where needed.
He said despite the pressure from the civil populace for a quick resolution of the crisis, the officers and men of the armed forces were not relenting in their efforts to flush out the insurgents in the North-East.
Earlier, the Minister of Defence, General Mohammed Gusau, urged Air Force personnel to always uphold the highest standards of conduct, integrity and teamwork, as they would account for how they discharged their roles even while in retirement.
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