Alpha jet lost in 2021 found, 2-man crew missing

Troops of Operation Desert Sanity have uncovered the wreckage of a crashed Alpha Jet aircraft in Sambisa Forest, Borno State.

The Nigerian Army said the aircraft (NAF 475) had gone off the radar with two crew members on it on March 31, 2021.

“Troops of Operation Desert Sanity on clearance patrol in Sambisa Forest, Borno State, have uncovered the wreckage of crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with two crew members on 31 March 2021. Further exploitation ongoing,” the army said in a statement.