- US to give nod for sale of Super Tucano jets
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), as part of
preparations towards inducting new platforms, is expanding the apron at
the military wing of Yola International Airport to enhance air
operations against Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast and is
inducting more aircraft into its inventory.
The Director of Public Relations and
Information (DOPRI), Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in a statement on
Monday that NAF is at present at the verge of inducting the Mi-35M
helicopter gunship and JF-17 Thunder Fighter Ground Attack aircraft in
addition to acquiring the Super Mushshack trainer aircraft.
Famuyiwa said that there are also strong
indications that the US Government may give the nod sooner than
expected with regards to the sale of Super Tucano to the NAF to replace
the ageing Alpha jets.
He said that the proposed fleet
expansion, according to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Sadique Baba Abubakar, necessitated the expansion of existing facilities
including the apron, pilot crew room, office/residential accommodation
and recreation facilities newly put-in place to enhance the welfare of
the personnel and reposition the NAF for effective and efficient air
operations.
The DOPRI said that the Governor of
Adamawa State, Sen. Muhammad Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, while commissioning
the new projects, lauded the NAF for the commitment towards enhancing
the welfare of its personnel.
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