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under the Economic Community
of West African States Mission In
The Gambia (ECOMIG) operation.
This was mounted to restore
democracy in Gambia by
forcing the departure of Yahya
Jammeh, who had refused to
step down from the presidency
after losing the popular vote.
Organisation
Air Marshal Sadique B Abubakar,
the current Chief of Air Staff (CAS),
commands from Headquarters
NAF (HQ NAF) at Abuja. F-7 pilots wearing the
The Office of the Chief of Air ’Tiger’ patch of 101 (ex-
Staff administers a Projects 64) Air Defence Group at
Maiduguri airfi eld. The
Implementation and Monitoring average age of NAF pilots
Team (PIMT), Secretariat of has been steadily dropping
Air Expo and International in recent years. NAF

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