The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said it had concluded arrangements for the acquisition of 18 brand new aircraft which will be inducted into the Service’s inventory in 2020.
The chairman, organising committee, Nigerian Air Force at 55 Anniversary Celebration, Air Commodore Nnamdi Ananaba, disclosed this while briefing journalists at NAF headquarters in Abuja, yesterday.
Air Commodore Ananaba noted that the Nigerian Air Force had, within the last three years, taken delivery of 16 brand new aircraft which include 10 Super Mushshak, four Mi-35M and two Bell 412 helicopters. He stated that the 18 expected state-of- the-art platforms already paid for include: four A-109 Power, one Mi-35M, one AW139 helicopter and 12 Super Tucano jets. He further said that 14 previously grounded aircraft such as Falcon 900, ATR-42, Beechcraft, Super Puma, EC-135 Do-228, Mi-35P, F-7 and L-39 were reactivated within the same period under review.
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