Air Force Launches Operation Thunder Strike 2 Against B’Haram

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said it has killed many Boko Haram territories in Borno State just as the insurgents’ structural hideouts were completely destroyed in its renewed onslaught against the terror group in the North-East.
The latest success against the terrorists came as the service begins Operation Thunder Strike 2 in the region.
The Air Force, in a statement, yesterday morning, through its spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said its Air Task Force (ATF), commenced Operation Thunder Strike against Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, last Monday.
According to him, “The operation, which commenced on Monday, September 3, 2018, is an independent Air Interdiction Operation targeting selected Boko Haram terrorists locations within the fringes of Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest in Borno State, with a view to further degrading the remnants of the insurgents, curtailing their freedom of action and denying them bases from which they could launch attacks against our ground troops’ locations.”
The statement added: “On day two of the operation, September 4, 2018, air strikes by NAF aircraft resulted in the destruction of Boko Haram terrorists’ hideouts and neutralization of scores of insurgents at three locations namely; Tumbun Rego, Sabon Tumbun and Tumbun Allura, all on the fringes of the Lake Chad.
“Tumbun Rego, which is located about 140Km North-East of Maiduguri, has been identified as a major logistics/communications base and staging area for the insurgents. Accordingly, the ATF detailed F-7Ni and Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the identified Boko Haram terrorists’ logistics/communications hubs.