The Nigerian Air Force says it has conducted more than 1,500 operational flight hours under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in the last eight months, killing at least 592 terrorists and destroying 372 enemy assets.
The operations, according to the Air Force, involved 798 combat sorties that significantly degraded the capabilities of Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters in the North-East.
NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, disclosed the figures during a courtesy visit to Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, in Maiduguri.
“The Nigerian Air Force unleashed an unyielding air onslaught against terrorist elements in the North-East, killing no fewer than 592 fighters and obliterating 372 enemy assets in eight months — a tempo of operations already outstripping the entirety of 2024,” the CAS said.