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In furtherance of its continued efforts at building comprehensive capacity to more effectively and efficiently deal with the security challenges confronting the Nation, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), today, 18 September 2020, graduated another batch of rappellers and inaugurated Special Forces (SF) induction training for a new set of 219 trainees, comprising 14 officers and 205 airmen/airwomen, at the Regiment Training Centre Annex (RTCA), Bauchi.
Today’s event also featured the commissioning of a furnished Block of 10 x single-bedroom flats for personnel to enhance their welfare and motivate them to contribute significantly to the accomplishment of the NAF’s assigned tasks.
Speaking during the inauguration of the SF Course 7/2020 and graduation of 24 personnel of the Intermediate Rappelling Course (IRC) 7/2020, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was represented by the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Ground Training Command (GTC), Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, charged the new SF trainees to imbibe the attributes of NAF SF operatives, which include; honesty, courage, perseverance and adaptability.
