Fighter Jets of the Air Task Force Component of Operation Lafiya Dole, on Saturday 28 April 2018, neutralized scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at Yuwe in Borno State through successful air strikes.
A statement from NAF headquarters signed by AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of NAF Public Relations and Information said, “The mission was conducted following intelligence report that BHTs fighters were hibernating in the settlement.
“Consequently, the ATF detailed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft and one Mi-35 Helicopter gunship to conduct Air Interdiction on the BHT location in 2 waves.
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“Overhead the location, the NAF fighter aircraft acquired and attacked the terrorists in the settlement with bombs, rockets and canons while a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) conducted Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) of the mission.
“The BDA revealed that at the end of the attack, some of the buildings in the location were successfully destroyed and engulfed in fire while the occupying terrorists were neutralized.
“Thereafter, some of the terrorists that survived were seen scampering for safety, with various degrees of wounds.
“The fighter aircraft then attacked the fleeing BHTs in subsequent waves of attack.
AVM Adesanya further requested media houses to show the attached short video clip, which is now declassified, to the general public for them to witness part of the attack.
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