NAF PREPARES FUTURE AIRPOWER LEADERS AS 100 FLIGHT CADETS BEGIN SPECIALISATION TRAINING

NAF PREPARES FUTURE AIRPOWER LEADERS AS 100 FLIGHT CADETS BEGIN SPECIALISATION TRAINING

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Military Training Centre (MTC), Kaduna, has inaugurated 100 Flight Cadets of 74 Regular Course into the Orientation, Specialisation and Leadership Training (OSLT) programme on 19 October 2026. Declaring the course open, the Commandant, Air Commodore Adolphus Otonibara Akins, emphasised its alignment with the Chief of the Air Staff’s (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, DFS, key driver of Standardised Training and Mission-Focused Capability Development.

The 11-month programme is designed to equip the cadets with sound military knowledge, specialised professional skills and effective leadership capabilities. Through military orientation, practical exercises, specialist training and leadership development, the cadets will be prepared to meet the demands of contemporary air operations, including technological advancement, joint-force integration and increasingly complex mission environments.

The inauguration also featured lectures on time management by Air Commodore Ibrahim Shehu, Registrar of the Air Force Institute of Technology, and on stress management, drug and substance abuse by Assistant Commander of Narcotics Shuaibu Muhammad of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command. The engagements reinforced the importance of discipline, personal well-being and sound judgement in developing competent, resilient and mission-ready officers for the future of Nigerian airpower.

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