The Nigerian Air Force, NAF , said at the weekend that
scores of Boko Haram Terrorists have been neutralized in the Sambisa
general area with fighter aircrafts as the terrorists tried to interfere
with ongoing operations with the ground troops.
A statement by the Director of Public Relations and
Information of the NAF, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya , said NAF
operations against the terrorists followed an Intelligence Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform indicating the presence of the
terrorists in the area.
AVM Adesanya said : “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter
aircraft, on 25 January 2018, successfully neutralized several Boko
Haram Terrorists (BHTs), who were poised to interfere with ongoing
operations in the Sambisa general area.
“A NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
platform had sighted several BHTs on vehicles and gun trucks, which
were carefully concealed in a forested area. Consequently, three NAF
fighter aircraft were detailed to provide Close Air Support to own
surface forces, which also engaged the insurgents.
“The fighter aircraft launched a bomb attack on the
insurgents’ defensive positions while another wave of bomb attacks was
launched at the insurgents’ gun trucks and vehicles, causing one them to
go up in flames.
“Thereafter, one of the aircraft strafed a fleeing BHTs
vehicle with rockets, destroying the gun truck in the process. The NAF
aircraft’s mission destroyed not only the vehicles but also the workshop
previously used by the insurgents to repair and retrofit their vehicles
and equipment
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