William Abiodun Duyile
Volume: 12 Issue: 01, 2024
Abstract:
This paper examined the origin of the Nigerian Air Force and the circumstances surrounding its evolution from the onset of its establishment. The research also studied the sources, as well as the nature of Air Power in the 20th century. The study relied heavily on documentary data and lightly on oral data. The oral data were based on unstructured interviews with some Air Force officer. The documentary data were sourced from correspondence, books and magazines. The oral data were transcribed for analysis. The documentary data were subjected to textual and contextual analysis. The researcher found out that the emergence of the Nigerian Air Force was the result of interplay of forces between the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Navy prior to the Nigerian Civil War.