Nigerian Air Force

The Nigerian Air Force is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian military, established four years after the nation became... Wikipedia

• Founded:  April 18, 1964
• Allegiance:  Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Type:  Air force
• Role:  Aerial warfare
• Size:  approximately 147 aircraft, and 18,000 active personnel
• Part of:  Nigerian Armed Forces
• Headquarters:  Abuja, F.C.T.
• Motto(s):  "Willing... Able... Ready"
• Anniversaries:  Armed Forces Remembrance Day (15 January)
• Equipment:  Fighter jets, reconnaissance aircraft, logistics aircraft, attack helicopters, attack drones, surveillance drones, SAM (Air Defense System)
• Engagements:  Nigerian Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Conflict in the Niger Delta, Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian bandit conflict, Northern Mali War, ECOWAS Intervention in the Gambia, Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Quelling of Attempted Benin Republic Coup
• Commander-in-Chief:  President Bola Tinubu
• Chief of Defence Staff:  General Olufemi Oluyede
• Chief of the Air Staff:  Air Marshal Sunday Aneke
• Fighter:  JF-17, Chengdu J-7, Aermacchi M-346, Alpha Jet, Aero L-39, A-29 Super Tucano
• Helicopter:  Mil Mi-24, Bell 412, Mil Mi-17, AW101, AW139, AW109, AS332 Super Puma, EC135
• Attack helicopter:  TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK, Mil Mi-35
• Trainer:  Alpha Jet, MB 339A, Aero L-39
• Transport:  Aeritalia G.222, Dassault Falcon 7X, Gulfstream G550, A330-243, Lockheed C-130 Hercules
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo