Monthly Archives: July 2011

UGANDA AIR FORCE’S NEW SU-30MK JETS

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Small country doing big things based on the resolve, sense of national pride and political will of one man, Yoweri Museveni. Congrats..these neither came easy nor cheap but they are not the stuff of everyday shopping lists for a country … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN AIR FORCE MOVES TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

    Rakiya A. Muhammad WEEKLY TRUST Sokoto Sunday, 17 July 2011   As part of efforts to strengthen security of the nation’s North-West borders, the Nigerian Air Force is to reactivate the Forward Operating Base in Sokoto which was … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN AIRFORCE REACTIVATE FOUR ALPHA JETS,PLEDGE TO MAINTAIN LOGISTICS READINESS

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

DAILY INDEPENDENT 5 July 2011 Femi Ogbonnikan Lagos — Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reactivated four of its Alpha fighter jets in a bid to ensure its combat-readiness, said Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Mohammed Umar. Speaking at … Continue reading →

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FLASHBACK – SOMALIA 1993: NIGERIAN TROOPS, US MARINES HALT SHOOTINGS

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

OPERATION RESTORE HOPE(SOMALIA) 1992-1993   US AND NIGERIAN TROOPS HALT SOMALI SHOOTINGS NEW YORK TIMES By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO Published: February 27, 1993 Nigerian forces and United States marines today occupied buildings in southern Mogadishu from which recent sniper attacks … Continue reading →

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SOMALIA: NIGERIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN MOGADISHU ??

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

According to an UNCONFIRMED report carried by the website “Mareeg” which quoted the Arabic edition of the Al Jazeera website, a contingent of Nigerian troops have landed in Mogadishu. Nigerian troops saw action in Somalia during the early 1990s at … Continue reading →

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SOLDIER-TURNED-SULTAN : BRIGADIER GENERAL SA’AD ABUBAKAR(rtd)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

BORN: 24 August,1956 in Sokoto to then reigning Sultan Abubakar Sadiq III of Sokoto. CIVIL EDUCATION *Sultan’s Ward Primary School, Sokoto *Barewa College, Zaria *Advanced Certificate course in Operational Research, University of Lagos – 1995 MILITARY TRAINING ENLISTED in June … Continue reading →

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SOLDIER-TURNED-EMIR : BRIGADIER GENERAL YAHAYA ABUBAKAR(rtd)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

BORN on the 12th of September 1952 at Bida, Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria. EDUCATION Primary School: *East Junior AND Sabongida Primary Schools, Bida 1957-1964 Secondary School: *Government College, Sokoto AND Commercial College, Kano 1967-1971. MILITARY TRAINING Nigerian Defence Academy Regular … Continue reading →

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