Amao, who was represented by the Chief of Aircraft
Engineering, NAF headquarters, AVM Muhammed Yakubu, stated this during the
Juma’at prayer in commemoration of the 59th anniversary and 2023 NAF Day
celebration in Abuja.
He said, “We are happy and we believe that we have come a
long way and we are still going far. Today, we are where we have
precision-guided munitions, and we can even sit somewhere in the comfort of a
room with an air conditioner and see the enemy and destroy him from where we
are sitting without having to go there.
“So, it is a journey that we have come very far, but we are
still moving. With technology, we are getting to do a better job and we are
only here to celebrate what we have achieved so far.”
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, who also
prayed at the Air Force Base Mosque, commended the NAF for its commitment to
defending the nation.
“The Nigerian Air Force has done everything for us. We have
no complaints, we have no issues because there is no time we call for the air
support that they have not provided and they have been key in our operational
success along with the Nigerian Navy and other stakeholders,” he said.
Also, the Chairman, Organising Committee, NAF Day
Celebration 2023, Air Commodore Chukwuedo Illoh, during a press briefing at the
NAF headquarters in Abuja on Friday, noted the contributions made to internal
security in the country.
Illoh added that the President, Major General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.), would on May 6 inaugurate the newly procured Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles and attack aircraft into the NAF order of battle inventory to mark its
59th-anniversary celebration.
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