The wreckage of the fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) that went off the radar a year ago with two (2) crew members on board has been found.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the fighter jet is an Alpha Jet aircraft marked NAF475, which crashed while on a routine mission in support of troops in the Northern part of the country.
The wreckage of the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) was found by troops of Operation Desert Sanity on a clearance patrol in Sambisa Forest, Borno State.
The troops uncovered the wreckage of the crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) on Saturday.
TNG recalls that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) crashed on 31 March 2021. Boko Haram claims responsibility for the crashed NAF fighter jet.
The fighter jet was on a routine mission in support of troops at one of the Theatres of Operation in the Northern part of Nigeria when it was gunned down.
The two crew members on board were later identified as Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele, and they had since been buried.
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