BREAKING: Wreckage of NAF fighter jet shot down by Boko Haram found a year after [PHOTOS]

BREAKING: Wreckage of crashed Alpha Jet aircraft found a year after [PHOTOS]
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

See photos below:

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