Tag: Jets Strikes

Borno: NAF Super Tucano jet destroys 26 ISWAP terrorists at Gajiram

Aminu Imam

…Military loses two soldiers A Super Tucano jet in the Nigerian Airforce, (NAF), fleet has eliminated scores of ISWAP terrorists and destroyed their gun trucks in Gajiram, Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists in several gun trucks attempted to overrun the town when the aircraft arrived at the scene. During a coordinated military offensive between the air task force and the ground troops, large sophisticated weapons were also recovered. A military intelligence officer told newsmen that at least 26 bodies of the terrorists were recovered after the aerial…

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NAF jets strikes insurgents’ camps, kill scores – DHQ

Ishaku Yohanna

Several insurgents were reportedly killed at Tongule, Bone and Isari B Musa communities in Borno State during airstrikes carried out by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole under the subsidiary Operation Hail Storm 2. The Defence Headquarters said the attack led to the massive destruction of Boko Haram terrorists’ camps and the death of “scores of their fighters” in a night attack at Tongule on September 24 and daytime raids at Bone and Isari B Musa on September 25. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche,…

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