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NAF Wings 16 Fighter Pilots, Trains over 100 Others- Air Marsal Amao

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Edward Gabwet
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December 15, 2021

NAF Wings 16 Fighter Pilots, Trains over 100 Others- Air Marsal Amao

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has charged newly winged pilots of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to be relentless in the pursuit of excellence and professionalism as operational pilots and operators, while working alongside their colleagues across other specialties in the Service.

He also enjoined them to strive to imbibe the doctrine of jointness at the front lines as they synergize with personnel from sister Services and other security agencies in pursuit of national security imperatives.

He made this call today, 15 December 2021, at the winging ceremony of 16 new NAF pilots and operators held at the MD Umar Blue Room, NAF Headquarters.

According to Air Marshal Amao, the winging of the pilots was yet another step in the deliberate drive towards the realisation of his vision “to enhance and sustain critical airpower capabilities required for joint force employment in pursuit of national security imperatives”.

He went on to state that he was glad to note that, through foresight and diligence, the Service has effectively keyed into one of the key drivers of this Vision which is to “pursue purposeful training and human capacity development”.

In highlighting the significance of the winging ceremony, the CAS noted that for the NAF to function efficiently, both as a highly technical Service and as a fighting force to be reckoned with, it must have the right mix of numerical strength and qualitative manpower in all relevant competencies.

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This, he said, informed the need to pursue training of NAF personnel both locally and overseas. Air Marshal Amao further stated that another set of 11 student pilots are currently undergoing training in South Africa, while 3 are undergoing Alpha Jet conversion in Egypt. In the same vein, 12 student pilots are undergoing Super Tucano training while 4 others are undergoing helicopter training in the United States of America. Locally too, over 100 pilots are currently undergoing various types of flying training ranging from Basic Fighter Training, Basic Transport Training, Ab-Initio Flying Training, Initial and Basic Training and Helicopter Pilot Training at various NAF flying training institutions nationwide.

These training efforts, according to the CAS, are targeted at ensuring combat readiness at significantly higher levels to counter both domestic and foreign threats to the nation’s security and the wellbeing of all Nigerians.

Air Marshal Amao also seized the opportunity to appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for providing the enabling environment for the NAF, and indeed the entire Armed Forces, to function more effectively, despite budgetary constraints.

Earlier, the Chief of Training and Operations, Air Vice Marshal James Gwani had informed the audience that 4 of the new pilots recently completed their Military Style Basic Helicopter Pilot Training at the Draken Europe Helicopter Academy United Kingdom while the other 12 were trained locally at the 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna. He also stated that the 16 pilots went through the rigours of flying and operational training and their winging would no doubt boost NAF’s operational manpower disposition especially as the NAF is inducting and expecting more platforms to address the various security challenges across the country. Air Vice Marshal Gwani thereafter expressed profound gratitude and appreciation to the CAS, whose leadership has created the enabling environment for timely turn out of pilots and operators in the NAF.

Today’s winging ceremony is the fifth under the current NAF leadership of Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, a clear indication of his strategic mindset which is hinged on enhancing NAF’s operational capacity to effectively tackle current contemporary security challenges. The winging ceremony had in attendance Branch Heads, Directors and relatives of the winged pilots.

Edward Gabkwet
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force
15 December 2021

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