Tuesday 7 May 2013

Alpha Jet: Pilots Returning From Reconnaissance Mission in Mali


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Nigeria Air Force Alpha jet
Military sources have revealed that the Nigerian Alpha Jet combat aircraft that crashed near Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday was returning from a reconnaissance mission in Mali in support of the AFISMA operations in Northern Mali. Both pilots where killed in the crash.
The jet, which crashed Monday at about 1.5pm around Dargol Village  60Km West of Niamey on its return from the non-combat mission, is one of four sent by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) for the war effort.

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