Tag: tucano
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JUST IN: Nigeria receives first batch of A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft
The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft ordered by Nigeria from the U.S. has landed in the country. There has been no official statement yet. But Defence News Nigeria which covers military activities and hardware tweeted the news. It is believed that the American manufacturers may have fulfilled their promise to make six…
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BREAKING: Reps in rowdy session over $496m Tucano aircraft purchase
The House of Representatives is in a rowdy session over the presidential request to include the $496million fund for the purchase of Tucano aircraft in the 2018 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. During Thursday’s plenary at the Lower Chamber in Abuja, some members were of the opinion that the request should be presented as…
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B’Haram: Nigeria buys warplanes, weapons worth N181bn from US
Headquarters of the United States Department of Defence, the Pentagon, has informed the US Congress of the sale of 12 Super Tucano A-29 ground attack aircraft and weapons to Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency. Reuters reported that the Pentagon communicated the sale of the 12 ground attack aircraft valued at $593m (N181bn) to…
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Nigeria procurred US Super Tucano to wipe out entire Biafra – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has appealed to the Congress of the United States of America not to approve the sale of the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (also called A-29) attack aircraft to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The group said the Nigerian government would deploy the plane to attack…