Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has approved the training of three batches of Special Forces of 450 carefully selected Regiment personnel from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
The training, which commenced in Kaduna at the weekend, is being handled by Four-Troop, a military training organisation from Israel.
A statement from the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said the training is taking place at the NAF Regiment Training Centre in Kaduna.
Adesanya said it was “aimed at further developing the capacity of the personnel to fight under all types of terrains and weather conditions”.
He said successful participants would be deployed to defend NAF air assets and bases as well as critical national infrastructure and assets like airports and oil installations, among others, at the end of the nine-week training programme.
“ The Special Forces would also be required to take the battle to the adversaries whenever necessary,” he added.
Adesanya said: “While flagging off the training of the first batch of 150 personnel, the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Samson Akpasa, stated that a robust counter-force to respond to any contingency was vital in Nigeria’s contemporary security environment, which was characterised by insurgency, militancy, oil theft, cattle-rustling, kidnapping and other vices.”
He added that as conflicts become more complex and diverse, a force multiplier unit such as the Special Forces would enable the tactical commander gain an upper hand in battle.
The Air Force spokesman, therefore, urged the trainees to be physically fit, mentally alert and psychologically sound to learn and assimilate instructions that would be passed to them in the course of their training programme. - The Nation
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