The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal, Sadique Abubakar, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the hangar on Sunday in Maiduguri. He said: “The maintenance of aircraft is a major problem here; because the maintenance is usually done outside under high, hot temperature sometimes during sun storm. “That feeling itself has a way of translating into serviceable aircraft and more serviceable aircraft means more platforms to fight terrorists. “In essence, the aircraft is going to fly more, you will have more serviceable aircraft and you do not have difficulty in getting what you are required to do. “And thirdly; it is cheaper, the whole hanger was dismantled from another Air Force unit where we feel it is not being utilized fully and we believed that bringing it here will serve the Air Force and Nigeria better.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2020 08:03 UTC