NAF Alpha jets destroy Boko Haram logistics base

The Nigerian Air Force has said the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) logistics base with some vehicles at Tumbun Sale in northern Borno State.

NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who broke the news, said the operation was carried out on Tuesday.

He said: “The operation was conducted on October 23 after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions revealed the presence of some BHT vehicles and several fighters camouflaged under thick vegetation within the area, where the BHTs had converged to launch attacks against own troops’ positions.

“Accordingly, the ATF scrambled two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, supported by an ISR platform, to attack the target area in multiple waves.”

Daramola said the first wave of attacks recorded direct hits on a suspected BHT ammunition/fuel dump, sending it up in flames.

He added that subsequent air strikes resulted in the destruction of some vehicles and killing of several Boko Haram terrorists.

According to him, the few surviving BHTs, who were seen fleeing the area, were mopped-up in follow-up attacks.

The spokesman said the NAF, in concert with land forces, would sustain the tempo of operations with a view to destroying the remnants of terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad and other areas in northern Borno State.