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‘In association with...’

under the Economic Community

of West African States Mission In

The Gambia (ECOMIG) operation.

This was mounted to restore

democracy in Gambia by

forcing the departure of Yahya

Jammeh, who had refused to

step down from the presidency

after losing the popular vote.

Organisation

Air Marshal Sadique B Abubakar,

the current Chief of Air Staff (CAS),

commands from Headquarters

NAF (HQ NAF) at Abuja.

The Office of the Chief of Air

Staff administers a Projects

Implementation and Monitoring

Team (PIMT), Secretariat of

Air Expo and International

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

F-7 pilots wearing the

’Tiger’ patch of 101 (ex-

64) Air Defence Group at

Maiduguri airfi eld. The

average age of NAF pilots

has been steadily dropping

in recent years. NAF

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