The Nigerian Air Force Training Command in Kaduna State has held its second quarter 10 kilometres route march for its officers and recruits serving in the command.
Speaking at the end of the exercise, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Wakili Ahmed, explained that the march was part of the 2016 calendar of events for the Air Force.
The AOC, who was represented by his Chief Staff Officer, Air Commodore Remigius Ekeh, stated that the exercise was mandatory for all officers and other ranks and would assist in keeping fit in the course of discharging their duty.
He said that the exercise was taking place in all the Air Force formations across Nigeria and was being conducted four times in a year.
“Personnel of the service who were deployed to the northeast to fight terrorists and other trouble spots in the country could not have done a good job if they were not physical and mentally fit.
The route march is to ensure that officers and other ranks of the Nigerian Air Force are physically fit to discharge their constitutional responsibilities at any given time.
The march started at about 6 O’clock on Saturday morning from the Nigerian Air Force Base to the Mando roundabout in the Kaduna State capital back to the base.