Seven hundred and one students have been admitted in Nigerian Air Force Protection in Complex Air Ground Environment Course (FP-CAGE Cse) 7/2018

According to Nigerian Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the course is aimed at equipping NAF personnel with necessary skills to tackle asymmetric and dynamic security challenges in the country.

Daramola said the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, had expressed appreciation to the British Military Advisory Training Team for its contributions and commitment to the centre.

Abubakar who spoke through Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, charged the students to remain dedicated, focused and disciplined throughout the Course to enable them get the best from the Instructors’ wealth of knowledge and experience.

He also expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari, for his support toward ensuring that the NAF is better equipped to fulfill its statutory responsibilities.

The Chief of the Air Staff reiterated NAF’s commitment to ensuring the security of lives and property of Nigerians and upholding democratic ideals for the progress and collective prosperity of the nation.

Also, Commandant RTC, Wing Commodore Steven Sekegor, said the one-month course would incorporate drills in a complete array of both combat and non-combat scenarios in offensive and defensive operations, enabled by information superiority.

Sekegor said the course has been deliberately structured to be very intensive to make it effective and efficient in training personnel to meet the ever changing complexities of military operations during war and peace time.

He said the course would also furnish the participants with the requisite skills and competencies to effectively carry out their duties of securing NAF assets for sustained operations.