Air Vice
Marshall Sampson Akpasa, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Nigerian Air Force
Ground Training Command (GTC), Enugu has urged officers and men of the
airforce
to be combat ready at all times.
Akpasa gave
the advice shortly after the 1st Quarter Route March of Nigerian Air Force
(NAF) personnel in Enugu on Saturday.
The AOC, who
led the route march, which covered a stretch of 10 kilometres, said that
fitness of officers and men of NAF was a pre-requisite for successful
operations within and outside the country. He noted that the route march would
also enhance the health and agility of officers and men as well as make them
flexible to adapt to emergencies. According to him, a soldier that is not fit
cannot perform satisfactorily, especially during emergencies. “The Chief of Air
Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has made it mandatory that each of
the officers and men of NAF must participate in this exercise. “The essence is
to keep NAF officers and men ready for operational combat at any moment,’’ he
said. The AOC also urged officers and men to be ready for deployment on
internal security duties in order to quell insurgency and other forms of
criminality. “It is only a fit soldier that can out run a criminal as well as
make tactic maneuvers necessary to nip
crime in the bud,’’ he said. The exercise covered Enugu-Onitsha and
Enugu-Abakaliki roads within Enugu metropolis and lasted for two hours. NAN
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