The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has led a delegation of senior Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers on a visit to India to seek for avenues to strengthen strategic partnerships for capacity building and Research and Development (R&D) with a view to further boosting the NAF’s operational effectiveness in the fight against insurgency and other forms of criminality in the country.
The visit, which is holding from 11 – 14 November 2019, is at the instance of the Indian Government through an invitation extended by the CAS of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria.
While in India, Air Marshal Abubakar, who has already paid formal courtesy calls on the IAF CAS and the Deputy Chief of the Indian Army, will hold several other high level meetings as well as visit some IAF Bases and facilities in the Country.