The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified efforts to boost smarter air power capabilities as President Bola Tinubu led a high-level delegation to the Republic of Türkiye to deepen strategic defence cooperation. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, accompanied President Tinubu and the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), on the official working visit to Ankara which commenced on Jan. 26. The Director, Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “During the visit, the CAS engaged leading Turkish defence firms, including ASELSAN, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and HAVELSAN. In his remarks, the CAS said the focus was to enhance intelligence, surveillance, precision engagement and close air support capabilities critical to joint operations against terrorism, insurgency, banditry and other asymmetric threats.