{"id":65655,"date":"2025-05-13T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65655"},"modified":"2025-05-13T05:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:02:19","slug":"nigerian-air-force-gears-up-for-61st-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/13\/nigerian-air-force-gears-up-for-61st-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Air Force Gears Up for 61st Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force has begun aerial drills over Abuja and Lagos as part of preparations for its qsixty-first anniversary celebration coming up on May twenty-third.<\/p>\n<p>The display rehearsals, which started this week, feature fighter jets performing tactical maneuvers and flyovers.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force assured the public that the exercises are safe and in line with global aviation standards.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, in a statement released on Monday, urged residents not to panic at the sight or sound of the low-flying aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the rehearsals are routine and showcase the force\u2019s operational readiness and air power capability.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force has encouraged residents in the affected areas to carry on with their normal daily activities, as safety remains a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary is expected to draw high-profile dignitaries and will highlight the contributions of the Air Force to national security and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo The Nigerian Air Force has begun aerial drills over Abuja and Lagos as part of preparations for its qsixty-first anniversary celebration coming up on May twenty-third. The display rehearsals, which started this week, feature fighter jets performing tactical maneuvers and flyovers. The Air Force assured the public that the exercises are safe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65657,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65655\/revisions\/65657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}