"See we never reached the stage to comprehend the war"
"Any way i was fascinated with the part the World first play hijacking took place in Nigeria during the biafra war."
"Any way that part you re right."
"You know the air fighting record of the period and who's competitive?"
"See you what do you who is competitive?"
"Who?biafra?"
"You re joking.strategically a looser is never competitive in any battle .A winner often does.If you want the history of fighter jets deployed by both i will give you."
"Many countries support Nigeria only France support biafra "
"Keep quiet.They gota clandestine too elsewhere.France is known to support traitor Nations as traitor herself as my father used to say.It motivated the ibos to fight and claim south south oil resources belong to south east.If you be reads black scorpion book he said we fought because of oil."
"No"
"It was oil"
"May massacre of over 100,000 ibos was responsible was responsible "
"Yeah you maybe right many war pundits have said it if you were in ojukwu shoes or anybody in that context would have done the same thing.So emboldened by the claim of oil war broke out in july with the first bomb at garken in midwestern region."
"It was oil."
"Now the fighter jets deployed on both sides could be more than twenty jets at least."
"How?"
"Wait i will prove not only France supported them.On Nigeria side soviet union got us major support not even britain at least relationship was good between the two countries till the sixties.Let me shock you"
"Which shock ?"
"Did you know for a fact the Nigerian army get no air combat capabllity until soviet supplied their fighter jets?"
"No i disagreed at indepence we already has military air capabllity."
"You re lying.We had none until the civilisation that came with the civil war."
"We did not "
"Then cite an if you have."
"I know we did"
"Then if you have no instance then keep queit."
"See,let me hear your side first".
"Now listen until the number of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 aircrafts were supplied by old soviet union we had no prior air military combatability.None whatsoever.That is a fact."
"Continue.Name them and what type?"
"On August 13,1967 aftermath of several damaging attacks by biafran aircraft,the soviet started supplying first MiG-17s from Egypt to kano ."
"Uhmmmmmm"
"With IAP delivering massive shipments simultaneously aboard the polish merchant .From the initial two MiG-15 UTIs....."
"You mean NAF601 and NAF602 deliveries"
"Exactly.Then later eight MiG-17s basically NAF603 and NAF610 respectively.They came into the country in addittion to six 11-28 bombers flown by Egyptian and Czech pilots.They came from Egypt and stationed at calabar and port harcourt."
"What did air combat information group says about them?"
"They were used to bombarding not just targets but also the civilians mercilessly"
"See that common civilians!Am not surprized murtala a too soldier descended with vengeance and launched the asaba massacre"
"Then what happened at the asaba massacre?"
"You think we dont know?"
"Tell us"
"He killed innocent civilians over 800 of them"
"Exactly you re right."
"Continue"
"So they bombed them indiscriminately.What do you expect them to do to rebels breaking away oil rich territory part of Nigeria away?"
"At least should have tempered mercy and avoided the common men or bloody civilians."
"They would nt win the war had they shown mercy.That is the gospel.Only terror tactics win the war."
"Uhmmmmmm "
"Biafran air force had commanders like Chude Sokey and Godwin Ezeilo.BAF set up a small but very effective air force with men trained at Royal Canadian air force."
"They were other aircrafts"
"Yeah.Two B-25 mitchels and one B-26 invader piloted by Polish second World war pilot ace John Brown popularly known as Jan Zumbach. It came with a dove and a converted DC-3"
"Who suggested Minicoin?"
"Ah you know that too?"shocked as he covered his mouth
"The Minicoin projects was suggested to General ojukwu in 1968 by swedish top pilot Carl Gustaf von Ronsen .Dont forget by the spring of 1969 Ojukwu had assembled in Gabon 5 MFI-9Bs .Dont say only France supported them because he was not acting alone to provide support.Ojukwu call the Gabon aircrafts "Biafran babes" and coloured them green.They could carry six 68 mm anti armour rockets with simple sights and each with wing.There was record the three biafran pilots and three swedish pilots flew the six planes.
You know ex Armee de l'Air North American T-6Gs."
"Nope"
"They were flown too down to biafra the following month later though one lost in flight.They flew until january 1970 by ex portuguese military pilots.So what has the portuguese,Egyptian, swedish,got to do with biafran rebels?"
"Imagine biafran rebels broke away from Nigeria just seven years after independence.Ibo thought they were born to rule same miscontent entertained by hausa fulani so when the coup of jan.15,1966 came and followed by may massacre they lost hope in Nigeria and secceded .Forget the aburi accord as ghana was even implicated in the war as gowon later found out."
"When did they found out Nigeria air force?"
"It was on 18 april 1964.Though it was proposed in 1958 delayed because most law makers preffered to rely on UK for public air defense but was eventually founded in closer to midsixties.See the lazy spirit in Nigerian politicians?They saw immense need during tangayika or Tanzania and congo peace keeping operation in 1962.They had relied on training by Egyptian air force .No wonder some of the aircrafts were flown from Egypt."
"Who were the trainers when it was established?"
"The Egyptian air force and indian air force of course
I the German too.So air combat military capabllity came during the civil war "
"You try "
"By the seventies the air force commands 7,000 personels and 32 combat aircrafts."
"When did they build the first air craft?"
"I think in 2010 when the first indigenous UAF Gulma was designed by NAF and unveiled in Kaduna by president goodluck Jonathan.It also produced its first female pilot Blessing Liman in 2011."
"The air combat..you think Babangida did not build anything?"
"Am not too sure but I know he was preoccupied with ECOMOG the military arm of ECOWAS completely formed by Nigeria "
"How?"
"That is to say in terms of disproportionate allocation of resources Nigeria provided 85 percent of the funding 80percent of its armed manpower personel,100 percent of its airlift aircraft capacity ,90percent of its naval support system, 90percent of armoured and artillery units,100per cent of its combat aircrafts."
"Jesus Nigeria is a spendthrift nation wasting resources on other countries that later abuse us."
"Exactly.but yet African spirit would have been dead and no African countries would not have survived if not for Nigeria.Another discussion is good for that "
"Really!"
"Wait if not for air combat civil war could have been prolonged.So it brought the civil war quickly to a speedy end.Today the Nigerian air force has a total of 179 total aircrafts platforms including 117 aircrafts and 55 helicopters with 18,000 personels."
"Uhmmmmmm.We re a joke.How much did Russia get?"
"As at may 2004 Russia has over 4,000 military aircrafts and with the war the figures keep changing.US has 5,400 pieces.I think battles enable Nations to grow their fleet like the case study of Russia and Nigeria in this context ."
"What plans for the increase?"
"I think they don't have plan but my company will finance it we will have up to 10,000military aircrafts."black power mused.
"Uhmmmmm.na so him be, every thing about him strange.Anyway your company is rich and as long as you re making money from it why not"
"Thank you for your got white power."
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