Tag: Super Tucano Aircraft
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BREAKING: Six Super Tucano aircraft arrive Nigeria from U.S.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the U.S. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement in Abuja. According to Gabkwet, the aircraft arrived Kano, at about 12.34 p.m. He added…
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Boko Haram: U.S. govt places order for Nigeria’s Super Tucano aircraft
The United States Department of Defence has awarded the contract for the manufacturing of 12 A-29 Super Tucano combat aircraft on behalf of the Nigerian Air Force. The contract was awarded to Sierra Nevada Corporation, an American aerospace contractor, for an initial sum of $329 million. A clause, described as “undefinitised contract action (UCA)”, was,…