CAS Orders Revive NAF Surveillance Aircraft Grounded For 7 Years

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has directed the resuscitation of the Nigerian Air Force Surveillance Aircraft (NAFSA) Eagle Project which was suspended 7 years ago.

AM Abubakar disclosed this connected Thursday astatine the 3rd 4th 2025 Defence Headquarters and Services Transformation Seminar with the theme: “Galvanising the Will to Fight: Issues and Transformative Solutions for the Armed Forces of Nigeria”.

“This craft volition beryllium a airy multi-role inferior 8-seater craft and connected completion would, among different things, strategically heighten NAF self-reliance successful aerospace exertion portion domesticating innovations and exertion advancement successful the aviation industry,” helium said.

The Air Chief called connected unit to stay resolute successful their committedness to support the territorial integrity of the state and guarantee information of lives and property.

He besides stressed the request to prolong the tempo, quality and volition of unit to combat arsenic Government continues to supply modern instrumentality and different resources to prosecute the warfare against terrorism, insurgency, banditry and different forms of convulsive crimes successful the Country.

“While the champion exertion could beryllium procured and deployed, arsenic good arsenic improved payment services provided, intangible assets similar portion and unit doggedness, loyalty and the volition to combat the adversary until triumph is attained indispensable beryllium guarded astatine each outgo from being degraded,” Abubakar said.

The Air Chief reiterated that due mentation for conflict was the astir effectual mode to attraction for soldiers, fortify their volition and doggedness successful conflict and forestall unnecessary casualties.

“The volition to combat is simply a analyzable and captious origin that often determines occurrence oregon nonaccomplishment successful war. It encompasses intelligence resilience, carnal capability, ideological condemnation and information to marque sacrifices. It besides goes beyond entree to weapons and technology. It encompasses loyalty, spot and excellence,” helium stressed.

According to Air Abubakar, the Armed Forces of Nigeria person been making frantic efforts to consolidate troops’ and units’ volition to combat successful the assorted theatres of operations contempt daunting and multi-faceted challenges.

“The volition to combat is simply a large subject origin which has go much salient than ever earlier successful the ongoing associated operations nationwide. It is truthful needful to protect, fortify oregon galvanize the volition to combat and forestall avoidable relapse of operational occurrence truthful acold made,” helium stated.

The Air Chief said his medication embarked connected galore welfare-oriented projects specified arsenic operation of accommodation for unit astatine assorted NAF locations crossed the country.

“Consequently, to this end, we addressed accommodation shortage from 300% to astir 85% done recently constructed buildings and the renovation of aged ones for some bureau and residential purposes,” helium said.

Abubakar added that the NAF Welfare Scheme witnessed a displacement from the Group Life Assurance Policy (GLAP) to the Group Personnel Accident Insurance Policy (GPAIP) to amended morale of unit and instill assurance successful the people of executing their duties.

As portion of efforts to easiness logistics, helium said implicit 70 vehicles were purchased successful the past 1 year, portion airmen and airwomen were besides precocious afloat kitted with caller acceptable of uniforms this year.