The Nigerian Air Force(NAF), said that the first batch of six A-26 Super Tucano aircraft is expected to arrive the country by the end of July.
According the the Air Force, the aircrafts left the United States of America on Wednesday according and would be leap frogged through 5 countries, including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria before reaching Nigeria by the end of July.
NAF spokesman Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement issued in Abuja said: “The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 enroute Nigeria. The six aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5 countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end of July 2021. An official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course. The Office of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the aircraft“.
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