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NAF Succeeding Against Odds

The Chief of Air Staff (CAF), Air Marshal Isiaka Amao while speaking during the First International Conference on Data Science and Engineering by the force held at the Air force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna.

Amao, accredited the successes recorded by the force to its human resources, technical and logistics support.

He said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been succeeding despite the challenges it has faced in recent times.

The two-day conference was held with the theme ‘Embracing Digital Transformation.’

Represented by the Chief of Staff, Air Training Command, AVM Emmanuel Chukwu, Amao said data science and engineering was very imperative to the force.

He said: “NAF will focus on valuable opportunities to develop its human resources in technical and logistics support for efficient deployment of air power in battle against crime in Nigeria.

“Pervasive computing in aero space military intelligence is an integral part of the Nigerian Air force operations."

"The international conference on data science and engineering is in response to the dynamic and complex nature of security environment, which requires application of computerised gadgets for easy and efficient sensor, processing and transmission of security information.”

In the last year, the NAF boss has taken bold steps to reposition the force for greater performance.

Source: The Guardian 

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  1. Austin Odidi22 January 2022 at 09:34

    Bravo Nigeria Airforce. He who dominates the air space dominates the land and sea space

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  2. Anonymous22 January 2022 at 14:47

    Good luck NAF. You guys are doing great!

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