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Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram: Air Force storms Sambisa forest
2016-10-12
[DAILYTRUST.NG] The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), fighter jets have bombarded Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
 locations in Sambisa Forest, Air Force front man, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said on Monday.

In a press statement, Famuyiwa said the (NAF), in the past one week, has successfully struck a number of Boko Haram locations, including their logistics bases, within the Sambisa Forest.

He added that the air interdiction missions were conducted day and night using a combination of combat platforms comprising F-7Ni fighter aircraft, Alpha Jets and Mi-24V helicopter gunship.
The F-7 is the export version of the Chinese J-7, in turn a copy of the MiG-21. The Alpha is a 1980s jet trainer / light attack aircraft from France.
He said the latest air strikes against the Boko Haram are fallouts of Operation Forest Storm launched by the NAF on 2 October 2016 to further degrade the capability of the Boko Haram elements within the Sambisa forest.

He added that the strikes are in order to create the enabling environment for ground forces to continue their operation.

He said from Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), it appears the forces of Evil are low on logistics as no vehicle was seen moving.

He Furthermore, Battle Damage Assessment showed that the entire operation was a success even as human intelligence confirmed that a number of the forces of Evil were killed.
Posted by:Fred

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