The Nigerian Air Force in continuation of its Operation Thunder Strike conducted air attacks on a Boko Haram location, near Bama, Borno State.
A Nigerian Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft had previously observed significant BHT presence in the location.
The statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Olatokunbo Adesanya, said the Air Task Force detailed a combination of fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships to attack the insurgents’ position.
Overhead the location, the attack platforms took turns to unleash their ordinance on the targets while the NAF ISR aircraft conducted Battle Damage Assessment he said.
He noted that at the end of the attacks, the BDA revealed the target structures to have been destroyed while the occupying terrorists were killed.
Adesanya added that the Air Task Force successfully conducted another attack on a location in Gobara, 15km Northwest of Gwoza, also in Borno State.