{"id":81101,"date":"2026-01-02T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81101"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:57:29","slug":"naf-recovers-uav-after-link-failure-during-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/02\/naf-recovers-uav-after-link-failure-during-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF Recovers UAV After Link Failure During Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the recovery of one of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after it experienced a loss of link during a routine mission under Operation FASAN YAMMA.<br \/>\nThe incident occurred within Sector 3 of the operation area while the UAV was on a scheduled task in support of ongoing counter-insurgency operations, the NAF said in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame.<br \/>\nEjodame said emergency procedures were immediately activated after efforts to restore the link failed, including return-to-base actions and coordinated response measures with sister services and relevant authorities.<br \/>\nHe confirmed that the UAV was successfully contained and recovered, adding that technical teams have secured the platform and begun preliminary assessments in line with standard operational protocols.<br \/>\nThe NAF spokesman stressed that no casualties were recorded and that military operations across all theatres remain unaffected, reaffirming the Air Force\u2019s commitment to professionalism and national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the recovery of one of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after it experienced a loss of link during a routine mission under Operation FASAN YAMMA. The incident occurred within Sector 3 of the operation area while the UAV was on a scheduled task in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81101","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81103,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81101\/revisions\/81103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}