NAF Reactivates C-130H Plane
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it had successfully completed the in-house life extension programme on one of its C-130H aircraft, NAF 913, thereby improving the airlift capability of the service.
Accordingly, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said NAF would continue to intensify efforts at reactivating unserviceable aircraft in its inventory to enhance the Force’s operational efficiency.
In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja said the Air Force Chief spoke when he assessed the progress of work on the in-country Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM) of another NAF’s C-130 aircraft at 631 Aircraft Maintenance Depot (ACMD) in Lagos.
The statement signed by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya further said that Abubakar described the reactivation of NAF 913 as another major feat recorded by the current NAF leadership to further improve NAF’s capability to provide logistics support across multiple theatres of operations.
He thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for providing the enabling environment for NAF to raise the serviceability status of NAF operable aircraft from about 31 per cent in 2015 to an average of 80 per cent as at date.
Thereafter, the Air Force Chief commissioned two newly-completed and furnished officers’ residential quarters at the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base (SEAFB), Ikeja, and the Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (AFRC), Oshodi.
He restated the present administration’s commitment towards meeting the welfare needs of personnel in the force.
In his comments, the Commander at 631 ACMD, Air Commodore Moses Onilede, told Air Marshal Abubakar that the Depot had also successfully overhauled two C-130H aircraft engines, while the in-country Periodic Deport Maintenance(PDM) of the second C-130H, NAF 917, had reached an advanced stage. – NAN
