NAF Targets 90% Aircraft Serviceability This Year

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF has set an ambitious target of achieving 90 percent aircraft serviceability by the fourth quarter of 2025, as part of wide-ranging engineering reforms aimed at enhancing operational readiness and sustaining air power capabilities.

The Chief of the Air Staff CAS, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, made this known during the opening of the 2025 Aircraft Engineering Conference held in Abuja.

Air Marshal Abubakar emphasized that mission success in modern air operations depends heavily on the availability and sustained performance of aircraft platforms.

He described engineering excellence as central to NAF’s transformation agenda, noting that the Service has already achieved a 72 percent average serviceability rate through targeted investments in manpower development, spare parts acquisition, and predictive maintenance systems.

Earlier, in his welcome remarks, the Chief of Aircraft Engineering, Air Vice Marshal Abiola Amodu, commended the CAS for prioritizing the engineering branch and charged participants to embrace innovation, noting that engineering personnel remain the backbone of the Force.

A key highlight of the event was the official launch of the Directorate of Aircraft Life Cycle Management DALCM, a new body established to oversee aircraft health from induction to retirement.

Aisha Adesanya, Edited By Grace Namiji