Nigeria Air Force Begins War on South-South Militants The creeks of Calabar were yesterday bombed by the Nigerian Air Force for over an hour following orders of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu, DailyTrust reports. He said the exercise was planned in conjunction with the Navy, Army and police, but led by the Air Force “because of reach and air advantage. Gunmen suspected to be pirates and militants on the Calabar waterways carry out frequent attacks on vessels, police stations and seafarers including market women on the Calabar waterways.