WorldStage Newsonline– Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed hope of further boosting operational effectiveness when the reactivation of the Do-228 aircraft recently handed over to it by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is completed.
NAF is a statement confirmed that the ongoing reactivation of the aircraft had reached an advanced stage.
According to the statement, the extent of work was witnessed by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, during on-the-site inspection visits to some units in Kaduna on 4 June 2018 while the CAS also inspected the ongoing construction of headquarters complex for the Air Training Command Kaduna. He was pleased to observe that work was progressing as scheduled.
The statement said apart from its usefulness as a light liaison transport aircraft, the Do-228 could be employed for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions in the counterinsurgency and other operations in the country.
