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Nigerian Air Force

Nigerian Air Force

The Nigerian Air Force was created by Act of Parliament in 1964 with West German help, was handed Soviet MiG-17s and Egyptian-flown Il-28s within three years to fight the Biafran war, became one of Africa’s largest air arms on oil money and then let most of it rot, and has spent the years since 2013 rebuilding around Super Tucanos, JF-17s and attack helicopters for a counter-insurgency war in which its own strikes have repeatedly killed civilians.

全国的な採点Green outer ring, white ring, green centre.
3戦闘機
14現役の空軍基地
1964設立
10退職したタイプ
Photo: US Airman / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
国Nigeria設立1964状態アクティブ本部Abuja司令官Sunday Kelvin Aneke
その物語

The Nigerian Air Force story: West German help in 1963, Egyptian-flown MiGs over Biafra and a counter-insurgency rebuild

1961–1967: an air force borrowed from abroad

The air force began as an embarrassment. When Nigerian troops went to the Congo and Tanganyika in the early 1960s, foreign air forces had to fly them there, and the air force’s own history dates the idea of a national air arm to 1961. Recruiting began in June 1962; the first ten cadets learned to fly in Ethiopia, 16 went to Canada in February 1963 and six to India. West Germany supplied the technical help from 1963, and a German officer, Colonel Gerhard Kahtz, led the service from 5 May 1963. Parliament passed the Air Force Act in 1964, and Wikipedia dates the formal establishment to 18 April 1964. The first equipment was for transport and training, not combat: an IISS count of 1971 still lists 20 Dornier Do 27 and Do 28 liaison aircraft and ten Piaggio P.149D trainers.

1967–1970: MiGs, Egyptian crews and the Biafran war

The civil war that began on 6 July 1967 turned a transport arm into a combat force overnight. The Lieutenant Colonel then in command, George Kurubo, left in August 1967, and Colonel Shittu Alao took over. After Biafran aircraft raided federal targets, the Soviet Union began delivering MiG-17s through Egypt to Kano from 13 August 1967, with MiG-15UTI trainers and six Il-28 bombers stationed at Calabar and Port Harcourt. How many MiG-17s came is disputed: Wikipedia’s civil war article cites an offer of a squadron of 17, its air force article eight. The jets were flown at first by Egyptian and, on the bombers, Czech crews. Bombing of markets, schools and hospitals in Biafra helped turn foreign opinion against Lagos, and by the spring of 1969 the Egyptians had been replaced by European contract pilots, according to sources cited by Wikipedia. Nigerian aircraft also hunted the night relief airlift into Uli; a Red Cross DC-7 was shot down on 5 June 1969.

1970–1991: oil money, MiG-21s and Jaguars

Peace and oil revenue bought a real air force. Six C-130 Hercules arrived in the 1970s; 24 MiG-21MF and six MiG-21UM came in 1975, with a further contract for 12 MiG-21bis signed in October 1984. A Tactical Air Command and a Training Command were formed in 1978. In 1983 Nigeria ordered 18 SEPECAT Jaguars, 13 single-seat SN and five two-seat BN, which flew from Makurdi from 1984; 24 Alpha Jets, 12 MB-339AN trainers and 24 L-39 Albatros followed in the 1980s. It did not last. The Jaguars were withdrawn in 1991 as an economy measure and never sold, the MiG-21s were mothballed during the 1990s, and the MB-339s went into storage. defenceWeb sums up the following years as “decades of neglect, which saw much of the force grounded.”

1990–2000: Alpha Jets over Monrovia and Freetown

The Alpha Jet gave the grounded air force its best decade of combat. When the West African force ECOMOG went into Liberia in 1990, roughly 7,000 of its 11,000 troops and most of the money were Nigerian, and so were the jets. Four Alpha Jets struck Charles Taylor’s headquarters, convoys, shipping and gun positions in 1990; in 1992 six, under direct ECOMOG command, flew about 3,000 combat missions against Taylor’s NPFL without loss, according to Wikipedia. In Sierra Leone from 1997 Nigerian jets again supported ECOMOG against the junta and the RUF. That campaign had a darker side: Human Rights Watch documented ECOMOG jets bombing a column of civilians used as human shields in Freetown in January 1999, and an ECOMOG commander’s response that troops had orders to “kill everything” if it happened again.

2013–2026: the counter-insurgency rebuild

The war against Boko Haram, and from 2016 against its offshoot ISWAP, rebuilt the force. Twelve Chengdu F-7NI and three FT-7NI fighters, paid for in 2005 and delivered in 2009–2010, replaced the MiG-21s; 13 of the 24 original Alpha Jets were made serviceable again from 2013, and spares and airframes were bought from the United States and later France. Three Pakistani JF-17 Thunders were inducted at Makurdi on 20 May 2021 and 12 A-29 Super Tucanos arrived from the United States by October 2021, after a sale that had stalled for years in Washington. Mi-35M and T129 attack helicopters, Chinese armed drones and Diamond DA62 surveillance aircraft followed. The air force is also fighting armed gangs, called bandits in Nigeria, in the north-west, where an Alpha Jet was shot down on 18 July 2021.

Civilian harm, contested numbers and what is still missing

The price has been paid partly by civilians. On 17 January 2017 an air force aircraft bombed the displaced persons’ camp at Rann during an aid distribution: MSF counted about 90 dead and said the toll might reach 170; the ISS later cited 112 killed. A military inquiry blamed the lack of markings on the camp. ISS, SBM Intelligence and Nigerian media have since listed many more mistaken strikes, and an Army drone strike at Tudun Biri in December 2023 caused 120 casualties, the ISS reported. The air force says civilian harm mitigation is now embedded in its doctrine. Meanwhile it is waiting for 24 M-346FA light fighters, the first three accepted in Italy in July 2026, 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters and C295 transports; on 7 December 2025 its jets struck coup plotters in neighbouring Benin.

The civil war that began on 6 July 1967 turned a transport arm into a combat force overnight. The Lieutenant Colonel then in command, George Kurubo, left in August 1967, and Colonel Shittu Alao took over.Nigerian Air Force · verified 2026-10-01
一目でわかる

The Nigerian Air Force in numbers

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ネイティブ名
Nigerian Air ForceEnglish is Nigeria’s official language and the only form the service uses on airforce.mil.ng; abbreviated NAF
設立
18 April 1964Established under the Air Force Act 1964 per Wikipedia; the air force’s own history gives only the year of the Act. German Wikipedia says January 1964, and the first commander was in post from 5 May 1963
一部
Armed Forces of NigeriaOne of three services with the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Navy; Commander-in-Chief President Bola Tinubu
本部
AbujaAir Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory
空軍参謀総長
Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke23rd holder of the post, appointed October 2025
モットー
Willing, Able, ReadyAs given by Wikipedia; “Willing” is displayed on the official website

強さ

人事
15,000–18,000defenceWeb’s 2025 profile gives 15,000 of 135,000 in the armed forces; The Conversation (2025) and Wikipedia give 18,000. The IISS counted 7,000 in 1971
戦闘機
  • A-29 Super Tucano — 12
  • Alpha Jet — 12
  • F-7NI/FT-7NI — about 9–11
  • JF-17 Thunder — 3

FlightGlobal counts; F-7 range because defenceWeb’s loss tally leaves fewer than FlightGlobal lists. 24 M-346FA on order

攻撃ヘリコプター
  • Mi-24/Mi-35 — 15–26
  • TAI T129 ATAK — 6

FlightGlobal 15 Mi-24/35, defenceWeb profile 26; 12 AH-1Z on order

Other helicopters
  • AW109 — 17 or more
  • Mi-17/171 — 6
  • H215M/AS332 Super Puma — 5
  • H135 — 3
  • AW139 — 2
  • Bell 412 — 2
  • H125 — 2

FlightGlobal October 2025, plus deliveries reported to September 2026

トレーナー
  • L-39 Albatros — 11
  • PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak — 8–10
  • MB-339AN — 6
  • Mi-34 — 1

FlightGlobal; defenceWeb lists eight Mushshaks

Transport and surveillance
  • C-130H — 2–4
  • Dornier 228 — 8
  • King Air 350/360 — 5
  • Diamond DA62 — 4
  • ATR 42 MPA — 2

FlightGlobal and defenceWeb; two or three C295 on order

Armed drones
  • Wing Loong II — 2–3
  • CH-4 — 4
  • CH-3 — 2

defenceWeb counts; numbers in service unconfirmed

国防予算
N1,647.9 billion (2024)About US$1.10 billion or 0.70 per cent of GDP for all the armed forces, per defenceWeb

インフラストラクチャー

Commands
  • Tactical Air Command — Makurdi
  • Special Operations Command — Bauchi
  • Mobility Command — Yenagoa
  • Air Training Command — Kaduna
  • Ground Training Command — Enugu
  • Logistics Command — Lagos

Six commands per the air force’s own history page; Wikipedia still lists five

戦闘機基地
MakurdiHome of Tactical Air Command; JF-17s inducted there in 2021 and T129s in 2024; the Jaguars flew from it 1984–1991
飛行訓練
Kaduna and Kano401 and 403 Flying Training Schools per Wikipedia; helicopter school at Enugu
メンテナンス
Ikeja, LagosLogistics Command depots; C-130s have been overhauled locally
空軍基地
20 or moreWikipedia’s count of bases and stations; see the stations list for each
構造

How the Nigerian Air Force is organised

One of the three services of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, run from Air Headquarters in Abuja through six commands: Tactical Air Command at Makurdi, Special Operations Command at Bauchi, Mobility Command at Yenagoa, Air Training Command at Kaduna, Ground Training Command at Enugu and Logistics Command at Lagos. The front line is small and mixed: three JF-17 Thunders, about nine to eleven F-7NIs, 12 A-29 Super Tucanos and about 12 Alpha Jets, beside Mi-24/35 and T129 attack helicopters, with 24 M-346FA light fighters on order. The air force does not publish which group flies its JF-17s and F-7NIs, and Wikipedia still lists five commands rather than six.

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Air MarshalSunday Kelvin Aneke空軍参謀総長（2025年就任）
Nigerian Air Force
本部

空軍司令部

Abuja

One of the three services of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, with the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy, under the Commander-in-Chief, President Bola Tinubu. Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke was named the 23rd Chief of the Air Staff in October 2025, succeeding Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar; Wikipedia dates the change to 30 October 2025. The air force’s own history lists six commands under Air Headquarters, while Wikipedia still lists five.

最前線

Tactical Air Command

Makurdi

The command that, in Wikipedia’s words, interprets, implements and controls the air force’s operational plans. Its base is the fighter base: three JF-17 Thunders inducted on 20 May 2021 and the F-7NI fleet, whose operating units are not published. Wikipedia lists 101 Air Defence Group at Makurdi, 103 Strike Group at Yola and 105 Composite Group at Maiduguri, and defenceWeb reported in 2024 that 115 Special Operations Group at Port Harcourt would fly the T129 attack helicopters.

特殊作戦

Special Operations Command

Bauchi and Gusau

Headquartered at Bauchi according to the air force’s own history, with 201 Composite Group there per Wikipedia. Its 207 Quick Response Group is at Gusau in the north-west, where the Chief of the Air Staff said in November 2020 that four of the service’s eight new armed drones would be based; whether they arrived is not confirmed in the sources checked.

トレーニング

航空訓練軍団

Kaduna, Kano and Kainji

Headquartered at Kaduna, where 401 Flying Training School received the first five of ten Super Mushshak primary trainers on 8 August 2017. 403 Flying Training School flies the L-39ZA at Kano. Wikipedia lists 407 Air Combat Training Group at Kainji, where German Wikipedia places the 12 A-29 Super Tucanos; that the group flies them is inferred, not stated.

輸送

Mobility Command

Ikeja, Ilorin, Calabar and Minna

Headquartered at Yenagoa according to the air force’s own history. Wikipedia lists its airlift groups as 301 Heavy Airlift Group at Ikeja, 303 Medium Airlift Group at Ilorin, 305 Special Mobility Group at Calabar and 307 Executive Airlift Group at Minna; the two to four C-130H Hercules in service are maintained at Ikeja, but which group flies them is not stated.

Ground and helicopter training

Ground Training Command

Enugu

Headquartered at Enugu, where Wikipedia places 405 Helicopter Combat Training Group and the International Helicopter Flying School at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, with 541 Communications Group and 553 Base Services Group.

ロジスティクス

Logistics Command

Ikeja

Headquartered at Ikeja, Lagos, with 401 Aircraft Maintenance Depot inside Murtala Muhammed International Airport, where C-130Hs have been overhauled. Wikipedia places its 405 Central Armament Depot at Makurdi, and defenceWeb names Kainji as the site of Alpha Jet depot maintenance.

使用中

What the Nigerian Air Force flies today

課金対象となるすべてのタイプは、該当する「獣図鑑」のページ（存在する場合）にリンクされています。. 表示されている機数は、予約済みの機数であり、特定の日に利用可能な機数ではありません。.

タイプ 役割 使用中 以来 単位 注記
PAC/CAC JF-17 Thunder Block II使用中 多目的戦闘機 3 2021 Three bought; FlightGlobal lists three.
Chengdu F-7NI and FT-7NI使用中 ファイター 2009 About 9–11. 15 delivered plus one FT-7NI donated by Chengdu; defenceWeb counts seven lost by July 2023, which leaves nine; FlightGlobal lists 11.
エンブラエル A-29 スーパーツカノ使用中 Light attack aircraft 12 2021 12 delivered by October 2021; FlightGlobal lists 12.
ダッソー/ドルニエ アルファジェット使用中 軽攻撃と上級トレーナー 12 FlightGlobal lists 12.

もっと

Of 24 originals, about eight remained in December 2024 after 15 losses; five ex-US airframes came in 2015 (one crashed) and 12 ex-French in 2024, six of them for spares.
アエロ L-39ZA アルバトロス使用中 高等ジェット練習機および軽攻撃機 11 1986 24 bought 1986–87; FlightGlobal lists 11.
Aermacchi MB-339AN使用中 ジェットトレーナー 6 1984 12 built from June 1984; Wikipedia (citing Jane’s 2003–04) lists them as stored, FlightGlobal counts six active.
PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak使用中 主任トレーナー 10 FlightGlobal 10; defenceWeb profile 8 (as MFI-17 Mushshak).
Mil Mi-24V/P and Mi-35/Mi-35M使用中 攻撃ヘリコプター 15–26: FlightGlobal 15, defenceWeb profile 26 across all variants.
タイT129アタック使用中 攻撃ヘリコプター 6 2023 Six received by August 2026. One February 2024 report spoke of 12 on order; later reports give six.
Leonardo AW109 (incl. AW109 Trekker)使用中 軽作業用および武装ヘリコプター 2010 FlightGlobal 17 in October 2025 with 10 Trekkers on order; three Trekkers received in September 2026, seven more due by the end of 2026.
Mil Mi-17/Mi-171使用中 輸送ヘリコプター 6 FlightGlobal six.
Airbus H215M / AS332 Super Puma使用中 輸送ヘリコプター 5 FlightGlobal five.
Airbus H135 / EC135使用中 軽ヘリコプター 3 FlightGlobal three.
Airbus H125使用中 軽ヘリコプター 2 Two received before September 2026.
レオナルド AW139使用中 Medium helicopter 2 FlightGlobal two; defenceWeb one.
ベル412使用中 汎用ヘリコプター 2 Two inducted 2015–2021.
Mil Mi-34使用中 訓練用ヘリコプター 1 FlightGlobal one.
ロッキードC-130H / C-130H-30ハーキュリーズ使用中 戦術輸送 2–4 in service: FlightGlobal 2, defenceWeb 4. Six bought in the 1970s.
Dornier Do 228使用中 Light transport and maritime patrol 8 FlightGlobal: six transports and two maritime patrol.
ATR 42 MPA使用中 海上パトロール 2 2010 FlightGlobal two.
Diamond DA62 MPP and DA42使用中 Surveillance aircraft 5 Four DA62 (last delivered October 2023) and one DA42.
Beechcraft King Air 350 and 360ER使用中 監視および軽輸送 5 FlightGlobal: two King Air 350 (reconnaissance) and three King Air 360.
Presidential and VIP jets (Airbus A330, Gulfstream G550 and IV, Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Citation)使用中 VIP送迎 defenceWeb lists one A330, one G550, one G-IV and two Falcon 7X; FlightGlobal a Citation Sovereign and a CJ3.
CAIG Wing Loong II使用中 武装ドローン 2–3: three reported delivered by July 2024; defenceWeb’s profile lists two.
CASC CH-4 and CH-3使用中 武装ドローン 2014 defenceWeb profile: four CH-4 and two CH-3.
A-2912
アルファジェット12
L-3911
Super Mushshak10
228番8
MB-3396
T1296
Mi-176

注文済み

タイプ 注文しました 初回配達 注記
レオナルド M-346FA注文済み 24 2026 Ordered as 12 plus 12 options in 2021 (Wikipedia) or as 24 in 2023 (defenceWeb), for about EUR1.2 billion, in four tranches of six.

もっと

The first three passed factory acceptance at Venegono between 29 June and 9 July 2026 with delivery expected in December 2026. FlightGlobal and defenceWeb’s profile already list them as in service; that is not borne out by the 2026 reports.
ベルAH-1Zバイパー注文済み 12 defenceWeb reported in December 2024 that a contract had been awarded; still listed as a future acquisition in August 2026.
Leonardo AW109 Trekker注文済み 7 2026 Seven still to come of ten ordered; three received in September 2026.
Airbus C295注文済み Two in the June 2024 list; three in the August 2026 report.
以前は運営されていた

Every type the Nigerian Air Force has retired

10 types, from the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 to the SEPECAT Jaguar SN and BN. ピーク時の数値は、特定の日付における機体数ではなく、運用期間全体を通して引き渡された機体数を指します。.

タイプ 役割 ピーク 提供 に置き換えられました 注記
SEPECAT Jaguar SN and BN 攻撃戦闘機 18 1984–1991 13 single-seat SN and 5 two-seat BN.
アエロ L-29 デルフィン ジェットトレーナー 8 L-39ZA Eight in 1971 (IISS); Wikipedia lists them among the aircraft supplied during the civil war.
ミコヤン・グレビッチ MiG-17 戦闘機と地上攻撃 1967年～ MiG-21MF 8–17: the IISS counted eight in 1971; Wikipedia’s civil war article cites a Soviet offer of a squadron of 17.
ミコヤン・グレビッチ MiG-15UTI ジェットトレーナー 2 1967年～ Wikipediaによると2件。.
イリューシンIl-28 爆撃機 6 1967年～ 六。.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF, UM and bis ファイター 1975年～ F-7NI 24–25 MiG-21MF and 6 MiG-21UM from 1975; a contract for 12 MiG-21bis and 2 UM followed in October 1984.
ピアジオ P.149D 主任トレーナー 10 Ten in 1971 (IISS).
Dornier Do 27 and Do 28 連絡および軽輸送 20 20 in 1971 (IISS).
ダグラスC-47 輸送 6 Six in 1971 (IISS).
Westland Whirlwind and Sud Alouette II ヘリコプター 8 Eight together in 1971 (IISS).
空軍基地

Where the Nigerian Air Force flies from

黒色のピンは現役の基地を示しています。記載されている飛行場はいずれも閉鎖されていません。. Makurdi in Benue State has been the front-line jet base for four decades, home of the Jaguars from 1984 to 1991 and of the JF-17s since 2021, while Maiduguri and Gusau are the bases for the wars in the north-east and the north-west. Several bases share international airports, among them Kano, Ikeja and Enugu. Coordinates are from English Wikipedia because the Nigerian AIP could not be reached; Kaduna, Kainji, Gusau, Ilorin and Bauchi have no published aerodrome data and carry no pin.

現役の航空基地 閉鎖または予約ピンをクリックして基本ページを開きます
ベース ICAO 状態 滑走路 部隊と航空機
NAF Base BauchiBauchi State アクティブ
  • Headquarters Special Operations Command
  • 201 Composite Group
NAF Base CalabarCross River State DNCA アクティブ 03/212,450 m
NAF Base EnuguEnugu State DNEN アクティブ 08/263,000メートル
  • Headquarters Ground Training Command
  • 405 Helicopter Combat Training Group
  • International Helicopter Flying School
NAF Base IkejaLagos State DNMM アクティブ 18R/36L3,900メートル18L/36R2,743メートル
NAF Base IlorinKwara State DNIL アクティブ
  • 303 Medium Airlift Group (227 Airlift Wing)
NAF Base KadunaKaduna State アクティブ
  • Headquarters Air Training Command
  • 401 Flying Training School: PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak
  • Air Force Institute of Technology
  • 325 Ground Training Centre
  • Air Traffic Services Training Centre
NAF Base KainjiNiger State アクティブ
NAF Base KanoKano State DNKN アクティブ 05/232,451メートル06/243,301メートル
NAF Base MaiduguriBorno State DNMA アクティブ 05/233,000メートル
  • 105 Composite Group
  • Armed UAV detachment (planned 2020): CH-3A (probable)
NAF Base MakurdiBenue State DNMK アクティブ 05/233,000メートルコンクリート
NAF Base MinnaNiger State DNMN アクティブ 05/233,400 m
  • 307 Executive Airlift Group
NAF Base Port HarcourtRivers State DNPM アクティブ 04/222,110メートル
  • 115 Special Operations Group: タイT129アタック
  • Il-28 bomber detachment (civil war): イリューシンIl-28
NAF Base YolaAdamawa State DNYO アクティブ 17/353,000メートル
  • 103 Strike Group
NAF GusauZamfara State アクティブ
  • 207 Quick Response Group
  • Armed UAV detachment: CH-3A (probable)

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戦闘序列

Who is stationed where in the Nigerian Air Force

基地ごとの飛行部隊一覧（現行部隊から順）。. Nigerian units are numbered groups and schools, among them 103 Strike Group at Yola, 115 Special Operations Group at Port Harcourt, four airlift groups numbered 301 to 307 under Mobility Command and 401 and 403 Flying Training Schools at Kaduna and Kano. The JF-17s and F-7NIs at Makurdi are listed as fleets because their operating units are not published. The Jaguar squadron and the MiG-17 and Il-28 deployments of the civil war are listed as former units. Where a type is tied to a group by inference rather than by a source, the entry says so.

NAF Base Makurdi · DNMKTactical Air Command, Nigerian Air Force
Headquarters Tactical Air CommandOperational command headquarters · active
JF-17 Thunder fleetFighter aircraft · active
JF-17 Thunder Block II
F-7NI fleetFighter aircraft · active
Chengdu F-7NI / FT-7NI
131 Engineering GroupEngineering group · active
101 Air Defence GroupAir defence group · active
33 Logistics GroupLogistics group · active
405 Central Armament DepotArmament depot · active
151 Base Services GroupBase services group · active
Jaguar squadron1984–1991
SEPECAT Jaguar SN and BN
NAF Base Kaduna ・ Air Training Command, Nigerian Air Force
Headquarters Air Training CommandTraining command headquarters · active
401 Flying Training School飛行訓練学校・活動中
PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak
Air Force Institute of TechnologyTechnical institute · active
325 Ground Training CentreGround training · active
Air Traffic Services Training CentreAir traffic training · active
NAF Base Kainji · Air Training Command, Nigerian Air Force
407 Air Combat Training GroupCombat training group · active
エンブラエル A-29 スーパーツカノ
Alpha Jet depot maintenanceMaintenance · active
ダッソー/ドルニエ アルファジェット
NAF Base Kano · DNKNAir Training Command, Nigerian Air Force
403 Flying Training School飛行訓練学校・活動中
アエロ L-39ZA アルバトロス
MiG-17 deliveries (Nigerian Civil War)1967年～
ミコヤン・グレビッチ MiG-17
NAF Base Ikeja · DNMMLogistics Command, Nigerian Air Force
Headquarters Logistics CommandCommand headquarters · active
401 Aircraft Maintenance DepotMaintenance depot · active
301 Heavy Airlift Group (221 Airlift Wing, 205 Rotary Wing)Airlift group · active
ロッキードC-130Hハーキュリーズ
NAF Base Maiduguri · DNMATactical Air Command, Nigerian Air Force
105 Composite GroupComposite group · active
Armed UAV detachment (planned 2020)UAV detachment · active
CH-3A (probable)
NAF Base Yola · DNYOTactical Air Command, Nigerian Air Force
103 Strike GroupStrike group · active
NAF Base Port Harcourt · DNPMTactical Air Command, Nigerian Air Force
115 Special Operations GroupSpecial operations group · active
タイT129アタック
Il-28 bomber detachment (civil war)1967年～1970年
イリューシンIl-28
NAF Base Enugu · DNENGround Training Command, Nigerian Air Force
Headquarters Ground Training CommandCommand headquarters · active
405 Helicopter Combat Training Groupヘリコプター訓練グループ・活動中
International Helicopter Flying SchoolHelicopter flying school · active
NAF Base Minna · DNMNMobility Command, Nigerian Air Force
307 Executive Airlift GroupExecutive airlift group · active
NAF Base Calabar · DNCAMobility Command, Nigerian Air Force
305 Special Mobility GroupMobility group · active
Il-28 bomber detachment (civil war)1967年～1970年
イリューシンIl-28
NAF Gusau · Special Operations Command, Nigerian Air Force
207 Quick Response GroupQuick response group · active
Armed UAV detachmentUAV detachment · active
CH-3A (probable)
NAF Base Ilorin · DNILMobility Command, Nigerian Air Force
303 Medium Airlift Group (227 Airlift Wing)Airlift group · active
NAF Base Bauchi · Special Operations Command, Nigerian Air Force
Headquarters Special Operations CommandCommand headquarters · active
201 Composite GroupComposite group · active

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タイムライン

Nigerian Air Force milestones, 1914 to today

1962

June: recruiting begins; the first ten cadets go to Ethiopia for pilot training, 16 to Canada in February 1963 and six to India.

1963

5 May: Colonel Gerhard Kahtz of the German Air Force Assistance Group takes command; West German technical help begins.

1964

The Air Force Act passes; Wikipedia dates the establishment to 18 April 1964.

1967

6 July: civil war begins. 13 August: first Soviet MiG-17s arrive at Kano via Egypt; Il-28 bombers follow.

1969

5 June: a Red Cross DC-7 on the Biafran relief airlift is shot down by Nigerian forces.

1970

15 January: the war ends with the surrender of Biafra.

1975

24 MiG-21MF and six MiG-21UM delivered.

1978

Tactical Air Command and Training Command formed.

1984

First of 18 Jaguars delivered to Makurdi; 12 MB-339AN built for Nigeria from June.

1990

Alpha Jets deploy with ECOMOG to Liberia and strike NPFL targets.

1991

The Jaguars are withdrawn as an economy measure.

1999

January: ECOMOG jets bomb civilians used as human shields in Freetown, Human Rights Watch reports.

2009

First F-7NI fighters delivered from China to replace the long-grounded MiG-21s.

2017

17 January: the Rann camp bombing. 19 January: air support for the ECOWAS intervention in the Gambia.

2021

20 May: three JF-17s inducted at Makurdi. 18 July: an Alpha Jet is shot down by gunmen. By October: all 12 A-29s delivered.

2024

6 February: first T129s inducted. August: A-29 fleet passes 10,000 hours. December: 12 ex-French Alpha Jets bought.

2025

October: Air Marshal Sunday Aneke becomes Chief of the Air Staff. 7 December: Nigerian jets strike coup plotters in Benin.

2026

July: first three M-346FA pass factory acceptance in Italy. 15 September: three AW109 Trekkers and two H125s received.

戦闘記録

Every war the Nigerian Air Force has fought

記録に残っている出撃回数と損失回数、そして記録が残っていない場合は正直に空白とします。.

7紛争
1967初め
1航空機が失われた
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  • The Nigerian Civil War 1967年～1970年 Bombed and strafed Biafran forces and towns, attacked the Uli airstrip and the relief airlift, and supported the federal ground offensives
  • ECOMOG in Liberia 1990–1998 Close air support, interdiction and anti-shipping strikes against Charles Taylor’s NPFL for the ECOWAS force; airlift
  • ECOMOG in Sierra Leone 1997–2000 Air strikes for the Nigerian-led ECOMOG force against the AFRC junta and the RUF, including the defence of Freetown in January 1999
  • Counter-insurgency in the north-east 2013年～ Air strikes, close air support, surveillance and airlift against Boko Haram (JAS) and Islamic State West Africa Province
  • Operations against armed gangs in the north-west and north-central states 2021年～ Air strikes and surveillance against armed criminal gangs (“bandits”) and, from 2024, the Lakurawa group

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Everything people ask about the Nigerian Air Force

What is the Nigerian Air Force called officially?
Its official name is simply the Nigerian Air Force, abbreviated NAF, in English, Nigeria’s official language; that is how the service styles itself on airforce.mil.ng. The English Wikipedia article uses the same title.
When was the Nigerian Air Force founded?
Parliament created it by the Air Force Act of 1964, and Wikipedia gives 18 April 1964 as the date of establishment. Planning began in 1961, cadets went abroad for training from 1962, and a West German officer, Colonel Gerhard Kahtz, commanded the embryo force from May 1963.
Which fighter jets does the Nigerian Air Force fly?
Three Pakistani-Chinese JF-17サンダー fighters, about nine to eleven Chinese F-7NI fighters, 12 A-29 スーパーツカノ light attack aircraft and about 12 アルファジェット. 24 Italian M-346FA light fighters are on order, the first due in December 2026.
Did the Nigerian Air Force fly MiGs?
Yes. It received MiG-17s そして Il-28 bombers from the Soviet Union in 1967 to fight Biafra, at first flown by Egyptian crews, and 24 MiG-21MF fighters in 1975. The MiG-21s were mothballed in the 1990s and replaced by the F-7NI, a Chinese MiG-21 derivative, from 2009.
Did Nigeria ever fly the Jaguar?
Yes, briefly. Nigeria ordered 13 single-seat ジャガー SN and five two-seat BN in 1983; they flew from Makurdi from 1984 and were withdrawn in 1991 to save money. Attempts to sell them failed because of their condition.
What did the Nigerian Air Force do in Liberia and Sierra Leone?
It supplied the air power of ECOMOG, the West African force. Alpha Jets struck Charles Taylor’s forces in Liberia from 1990, and six flew about 3,000 missions in 1992 without loss, according to Wikipedia. In Sierra Leone, Human Rights Watch documented ECOMOG jets bombing civilians used as human shields in Freetown in January 1999.
What happened at Rann in 2017?
On 17 January 2017 a Nigerian Air Force aircraft bombed the displaced persons’ camp at Rann in Borno State during an aid distribution. MSF counted about 90 dead and said the toll might reach 170; the ISS later cited 112. A military inquiry said the main cause was that the camp was not marked as a humanitarian site on operational maps.
Was the Tudun Biri strike carried out by the air force?
No. The 5 December 2023 strike on Tudun Biri in Kaduna State, which ISS Africa reports caused 120 casualties, was by a Nigerian Army drone. It is often listed with the air force’s own mistaken strikes, such as Rann in 2017, in tallies of civilian deaths from Nigerian air operations.
Did Nigerian jets intervene in Benin in 2025?
Yes. On 7 December 2025, after soldiers announced the removal of President Patrice Talon, President Tinubu ordered jets to take over Benin’s airspace, and defenceWeb reported Nigerian Air Force strikes in Benin that day. Nigeria said it acted under the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance; Benin said its own army had foiled the attempt.
Who commands the Nigerian Air Force?
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, who took over in October 2025 as the 23rd holder of the post. The first commanders were West German officers; the first Nigerian, Lieutenant Colonel George Kurubo, took over in January 1966.

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