By Linus Aleke
The need to review the curriculum of Nigerian Air Force (NAF), training institutions, and facilities has become expedient, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has said.
Air Marshal Amao observed that for personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to be combat-ready and operate at optimum level to counter both domestic and foreign threats, the need for the review becomes imperative.
Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement on Tuesday said that the CAS made this proposition at the winging ceremony of some pilots and operators at Headquarters NAF, Abuja.
Air Marshal Amao, said the NAF recently reviewed the curricula of the various schools in the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to meet expected standards, whilst also conducting instructional training for the instructors to ensure enhanced performance.
He also revealed that the training curriculum for NAF cadets at the Nigerian Defence Academy has been reviewed and new criteria specified for NAF officers to be eligible for posting to the Academy as instructors, adding that also affected are some selected ground and flying schools.
The CAS further disclosed that ‘I have authorized the audit of selected institutions in the NAF, including flying schools, by a team of experienced retired senior officers with a view to upgrading the practices and facilities at the institutions to meet international standards and best practices”.
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He said that special arrangements have also been made to upgrade operations training facilities to enhance the operational capacity of NAF operators in anticipation of the increased tempo of air operations with the recently acquired platforms while sustaining capacity building programs for the NAF Regiment in joint efforts for synergy of air-ground integrated operations with sister Services.
“Overall, these efforts, according to the CAS, are geared towards positioning the institutions and facilities as centers of excellence that would produce pilots, engineers, technicians and other specialists that are well equipped to carry out their constitutional roles more effectively and efficiently,” the CAS concluded.
