# Nigerian Air Force reactivates C-130H Hercules

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2018/07/nigerian-air-force-reactivates-c-130h-hercules/
- Published: 2018-07-25T14:06:42+01:00
- Author: Ekene Lionel

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully completed the in-house life extension
programme on one of its C-130H aircraft NAF 913. The life extention programme was
conducted to enhance the service airlift capability.

According to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the
NAF would continue to intensify efforts at reactivating unserviceable aircraft in
its inventory to enhance its operational effectiveness. He stated this while assessing
the progress of work on the in-country Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM) of another
NAF’s C-130 aircraft at 631 Aircraft Maintenance Depot (ACMD) during his operational
visit to Lagos from 23 to 24 July 2018.⌊Nigerian Air Force reactivates C-130H Hercules⌉

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At 631 ACMD, the CAS was briefed by the Commander, Air Commodore Moses Onilede, 
that the Depot had also successfully overhauled two C-130H aircraft engines while
the in-country PDM of the second C-130H, NAF 917, had reached an advanced stage.

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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reactivates C-130H aircraft NAF 913

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Responding, the CAS noted that the reactivation of NAF 913 was another major feat
recorded by the current NAF leadership to further improve NAF’s capability to provide
logistics support across multiple theatres of operations.

He therefore commended the Commander and personnel of the Unit while equally thanking
President Muhammadu Buhari for providing the enabling environment for the NAF to
raise the serviceability status of NAF operable aircraft from about 31 per cent 
in 2015 to an average of 80 per cent as at date.

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