Say hello to the Nigerian Air Force 33 Logistics Group (33 LOG GP), Makurdi. The 33 LOG GP is one of the most important component of the NAF because of the critical role it plays, from fulfilling Nigeria’s security imperatives to international peacekeeping..
..operations and ensuring stability, not just in West Africa, but also across the continent. In other words they carry out a wide range of mission critical tasks vital for Nigeria's warfighintg operations. From delivering weapons, personnel and other military equipments.
With military operating in every geopolitical zone of the country for the first time in our history, these "skyships" are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne access..
..and can be used for both strategic and tactical missions. They are also often diverted to civilian emergency relief missions by transporting humanitarian aids when the need arises.
March 2021. The Nigerian Air Force airlifted COVID-19 medical relief materials to 13 West African countries.
Aug 2019. Nigeria sends relief materials to Mozambique and Malawi, following two cyclones that hit the southern Africa region in a space of a month.
A NAF C-130H airlifted 12 tonnes of relief materials to the Maputo International Airport, Maputo Mozambique on 26 August 2019,
while 8 tonnes of materials were delivered at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Harare, Zimbabwe today, 31 August 2019.
In 2019, with technical expertise from Pakistani Air Force technicians and engineers, the NAF began carrying out in-country periodic depot maintenance of its C-130H transport plane for the very first time.
The NAF has made concerted efforts to ensure the serviceability of its aircrafts through capacity building of its engineers and technicians.
Nigeria's transport fleet is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of the Italian built Alenia G222 medium sized STOL (short takeoff and landing) tactical military transport aircraft.
The corner stone and face of Nigeria's airlift capability is the C-130 Hercules.
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