The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed
the United States of America en route Nigeria, the Nigerian Air
Force has said.
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NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Edward
Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the fighter jets departed
from the US on Wednesday and are expected in Nigeria anytime
soon.
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The statement was titled, ‘First Batch Of A-29 Super Tucano
Aircraft Depart The United States Of America For Nigeria’.
It partly read, “The six aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5
countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria
before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end
of July 2021.
“An official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the
inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a
later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course. The Office
of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to
any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the
aircraft.”
Recall that the Federal Government in February 2018 placed an
order for 12 Super Tucano aircraft at a cost of $496million.
Several delivery dates have been announced for the aircraft before
Thursday’s announcement.
The fighter jets are expected to boost the operations of the
military in its anti-terrorism war against Boko Haram and splinter
group, the Islamic State in West Africa Province, in Nigeria’s
North-East.
The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed
the United States of America en route Nigeria, the Nigerian Air
Force has said.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Edward
Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the fighter jets departed
from the US on Wednesday and are expected in Nigeria anytime
soon.
The statement was titled, ‘First Batch Of A-29 Super Tucano
Aircraft Depart The United States Of America For Nigeria’.
It partly read, “The six aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5
countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria
before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end
of July 2021.
“An official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the
inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a
later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course. The Office
of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to
any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the
aircraft.”
Recall that the Federal Government in February 2018 placed an
order for 12 Super Tucano aircraft at a cost of $496million.
Several delivery dates have been announced for the aircraft before
Thursday’s announcement.
The fighter jets are expected to boost the operations of the
military in its anti-terrorism war against Boko Haram and splinter
group, the Islamic State in West Africa Province, in Nigeria’s
North-East.