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Amosu, an Air Marshall and the Chief of Air Staff, on Friday said the Nigerian
Air Force (NAF) would ensure a strict maintenance culture for all its
operational aircraft.
TheCable
reports:
Speaking
after decorating 35 NAF officers newly promoted from group captains to the rank
of air commodores, Amosu assured Nigerians that the air force would be efficient
in delivering air power to support ground forces.
“When
it comes to aircraft, the issue of age, you can think about it but again what
you must focus on really is the serviceability,” he said.
“You
could have an aircraft, maybe 52 years old. But it is still being effectively utilized
for war.
“It’s
your maintenance schedule. If you give it the best of maintenance, sometimes an
aircraft that is even 20 years old may even be airworthier than the ones that
are just about two years old.
“It
depends on maintenance approach and the culture that you have been developed
over the years.
“I
want to assure Nigerians that the air force would continue to provide very safe
platform for flying, and then we are very cautious of the need to be efficient,
even in terms of delivering air power to support our ground forces.”
Amosu
said that the decoration of the officers was a mixed-celebration because NAF
was still mourning the death of its officers during the unfortunate helicopter
accidents.
The
air force, which has been providing support for other security agencies in the
north-east, has lost over three of its helicopters to crashes.
On Friday, some residents of Yola, the capital
of Adamawa state, witnessed another crash of a military helicopter but the
authorities denied being involved in the accident.
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