The Nigerian Air Force Tuesday, inducted 11 new
Pilots with their ‘Wings’ after completion of flight
training within Nigeria and abroad with the Chief of
Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu charging the
young pilots to be prepared for the huge task of fitting
into the operational flying environment (fighting
terrorism) prevalent today.
Declaring that pilot training and general training is
one of the key drivers of his vision, the Air Chief
said, “To this effect, we have spared no effort in
ensuring NAF personnel are well trained to carry out
their constitutional duties. For now we have 32
Student pilots in various flying institutions in Nigeria
and USA who expectedly would be winged before the
end of the year.”
Amosu while decorating the pilots made up of 3 Group
Captains, one Wing Commander, one Squadron
Leader and 6 Flying officers, advised them not to rest
on their oars by assuming they have arrived saying,
“Flying operations involved a lot of discipline, hard
work and diligence for you to succeed”.
He said the young officers were being inducted as pilots
at a period NAF platforms are being reactivated and
new ones acquired, noting “you must therefore key into
the developmental strides of the service and be ready
for duty whenever it calls”.
On Boko Haram insurgency, Amosu said, “As you
are aware, the Nigeria Air Force has done creditably
well in discharging her duty at the ongoing operation
Zaman Lafiya in the north East. The crops of pilots
undertaking daring mission in the midst of real danger
are testimonies of the qualities of training provided by
the NAF”.
“My administration deliberately focussed on training
and re-training of our personnel in order to bequeath
to the NAF, a cream of well trained personnel that
are combat ready and meet international standards”.
The pilots are Group Captains Micheal Ekueme,
Essien Effanga and Olayinka Oyesola; Wing
Commander Dan Apyeyak, Sqr. Ldr Uchenna
Ihediwa, Flying Officer Babatunde Balogun and
Flying Officer Mohammed Ndakun.
Others are Flying Officers Kabiru Gwandu, Jude
Nwaedozie, Tobenna Makata and M. Abdulhameed.
Earlier, Director of training, NAF, AVM Emeka
Okoye recalled that 15 pilots who graduated from pilots
training from FSI, Vance AFB USA and IAC
Ilorin were winged on the 15th of April.
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