Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, the Chief of Air Staff, arrived in Borno State on Thursday for a briefing on efforts to retrieve a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet that went missing on Wednesday night after losing contact with radar.
When it went missing, the lacking jet was fighting Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province when it lost radar contact in Nigeria’s north-east state.
The CAS “arrived Maiduguri this morning and was briefed on ongoing search and rescue operations in connection with the missing Alpha Jetplane,” according to a statement from a NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet.
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Amao “urged pilots, engineers, and technicians to stay undeterred and resolute of their dedication to making sure the restoration of stability to the North East,” based on Gabkwet.
The variety of officers on board the yet-to-be-discovered jet was not disclosed by the NAF spokesman
