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Nigerian Air Force [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Air Force  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigeria [+] April 1964 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigeria [+] April 1964 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
106 Nigerian Air Force Camp [+] 106 NAF Camp Abuja [+]
NAF Camp Abuja [+] 		Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
107 Nigerian Air Force Camp [+] 107 NAF Camp Lagos [+]
NAF Camp Abuja [+] 		Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
108 Nigerian Air Force Hospital Abuja [+] 108 NAFH [+]
NAF Hospital Abuja [+] 		Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Aeromedical Centre [+] 102 AMC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Aeronautical Engineering & Technical Services Ltd [+] AETSL [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Air Force Institute of Technology [+] AFIT [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Logistics Command (Air Force) [+] LC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		25 January 2013 [+]
Mobility Command [+] MC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		25 January 2013 [+]
National Air Defence Corp [+] NADC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Nigerian Air Force Headquarters [+] HQ NAF [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		6 July 1994 [+]
Nigerian Air Force Holding Company [+] NAFHC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Pay and Accounting [+] 103 PAG [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Pesonnel Management Group [+] 104 PMG [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Presidential Air Fleet [+] 101 PAF [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Quick Response Force [+] QRF [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Special Investigation Group [+] 109 SIG [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		28 April 2013 [+]
Tactical Air Command [+] TAC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		1978 [+] 25 October 2013 [+]
Training Command [+] TC [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		25 January 2013 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Isiaka Amao [+] None Commander [+] Chief of Air Staff [+] 19 January 2021 [+]
Sadique Abubakar [+] None Commander [+] Chief of Air Staff [+] 18 January 2021 [+]

Sources

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
30 August 2015 Daily Trust Defence Headquarters Upgrades Special Task Force in Plateau
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
19 August 2013 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Creates New Division in North East
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
21 October 2015 Defence Headquarters Profile of the Chief of Defence Staff
06 May 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY of MAJ GEN AG Olonisakin
Nigerian Air Force About Nigerian Air Force 21 July 2015
Nigerian Air Force Direct Reporting Units (DRU) 21 July 2015
Nigerian Air Force NAF Headquarters 21 July 2015
Nigerian Air Force History of NAF 20 October 2016
Nigerian Air Force NAF Structure 29 April 2015
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
19 January 2016 Channels Television Defence Minister Arrives Warri To Inspect Pipeline Explosion Site
04 September 2013 Daily Trust Army retires senior officer, redeploys others
Nigerian Ministry of Defence About MOD.
19 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
Nigerian Air Force Operational Commands 21 July 2015
Nigerian Air Force Training Command 21 July 2015
17 March 2016 Premium Times Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
23 September 2011 Vanguard Security Beef-up in Lagos, Jos, Delta
11 January 2012 Vanguard FG approves new operational status for JTF
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
06 October 2020 This Day Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life 22 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021