The Nigerian Air Force, has boasted about recording making progress in the fight against bandits and insurgents terrorizing the country.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao spoke at the graduation ceremony of 171 Special Forces also known as Panthers held at its Special Operations Command in Bauchi, the state capital following an intensive training course.
According to him, the security threats facing the nation have required intervention from the Armed Forces of Nigeria and the Nigerian Air Force by extension adding that it has sustained the drive to ensure that personnel are well trained both at home and overseas.
“The rigorous training of its special forces has helped shaping the battlespace and neutralizing adversary capabilities have resulted in greatly degrading operational capacity of bandits and insurgents in different operational theatres,” he said
“Indeed, our ability to respond immediately has been key to quelling various hostile attacks on the civil populace,” he added.
He therefore advised the graduating students to imbibe the basic skills and techniques required to conduct special operations pursuant to achieving the operational objectives of the NAF.
