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NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ACQUIRES 24 FIGHTER JETS, SET TO RECEIVE DELIVERY 



As part of commitment to combat banditry, insurgency, militancy, kidnapping among other security challenges in the country, Nigerian government has acquired no fewer than 24 fighter jets from Italy's Leonardo.

 
This was revealed by the Nigerian Air Force Spokesperson, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, on Friday. The Aircraft would arrive in the country in four batches of six jets each. 


The Air Force said. “Africa's most populous nation will receive the first six M-346 fighter aircraft before the end of the year.”


Originally manufactured by Italy’s Leonardo as a twin-seater jet trainer, the M-346 has been acquired by Nigeria in its more recent, armed M-346FA fighter format. The jets will be used for “close air support, air interdiction, and tactical reconnaissance as well as advanced pilot training,” the Air Force said in a statement.


The 24 Aircrafts are due to be delivered in four batches of six aircraft, with 25 years of logistic support included in the contract, the statement added.


Leonardo will profit from its maintenance operation on the aircraft in Nigeria to offer maintenance services there to its other clients in the region, the Air Force added.


The news followed a visit by Claudio Sabatino, Leonardo's vice president, to Nigeria's air force chief in Abuja on Wednesday. This development, Nigerians believe will strengthen the Air Force's ability to fight insecurity, particularly Boko Haram and bandits lurking around bushes in the North and Militants in the South.

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