Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet pilots survived during a test flight crash in Kainji Base, Niger State at the weekend. The Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sunday Aneke has directed the immediate constitution of a board of inquiry to investigate the incident. A statement by the NAF spokesman Air Cdre Ehimen Ejodame [ ]
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Air Chief Orders Probe As Pilots Survive Alpha Jet Crash At Kainji
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