FemiMaduka:
I love my country, but let's not be immersed in mediocrity. The Nigeria air force will be shot out of the sky in no time, if it dares to come into the way of some African countries. the Algerian, Egyptian, Ethiopian and South African airforces are decades ahead. It's a shame that Nigeria of the 21st century cannot even parade a 4th generation aircraft. All these pictures of tired C-130s, Super Pumas and alpha jets don't even buy in. In the U.S, private individuals own alpha jets... Too much willfully ignorant folks in Nigeria.

NairaMaster1:

Your grammar Eeh!

FemiMaduka:
Henry240 and aressa, you guys definitely appear to be on the know-side... Something tells me you guys might know one or two things about what downed "b***ea*les"... you get that ba Now, back to our discourse, I think we only have 3units of the famed JF17 coming our way. This meagre number defeats its acclaimed versatility. I think it's wrong to build our threat assessment on countries like Tchad, Ghana, Cameroon and Niger...should we even be in there league?

omenka:
As expected, Samsung Flatron LCDs are already here showing their anger over Nothing!!

You just can't envy their life at all.

FemiMaduka:
I see, and I hope we are getting some dedicated ground attack aircraft too, perhaps, in the mold of the venerable SU 25. The idea of getting some S-300 systems to sweep our airspace whenever these birds are not airborne doesn't sound extravagant to me though. I meant to say Beegeagles.

Henry240:


Just to add to what you've said,


The Nigerian Air Force is the 3rd best Airforce in Africa, only behind Egypt and Algeria. Egypt has no competition in Africa, they have one of the largest Air Forces in the world, Algeria has the "largest air force in Africa", since we now know Egypt is in an entirely different league.


In terms of Assets( Attack, Transport and ISR), Combat Sorties, Training and active personnel (Special forces and Ground crew).


When the JF-17s arrive, our Air Force would simply be un-matched across the West-Central-East Africa region.


The JF-17s have a Radar range of 110km, however when we add the fact the JF-17s have a Data-link, we would be able to use our ATR-42s who have a Radar of over 400KM as a mini-AWACS. The JF-17s won't need to even turn on their radars.

NIGERIA PREPARING TO INDUCT JF-17 & SUPER MUSHSHAK


News of Nigeria buying the JF-17 emerged at the beginning of this year. The Nigerian news outlet Punch reported that $25 million U.S. was allocated in the Nigerian budget for three JF-17s. If the statement from Captain Famuyiwa is accurate, then this would be the first official acknowledgment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) acquiring the JF-17 (and Super Mushshak).

Currently, the NAF operates 10 Chengdu F-7NI, a Chinese-built variation of the Russian MiG-21. These are supported by eight Dassault Alpha Jets, which are used as training and light attack aircraft. With the JF-17, Nigeria would come into possession of a platform capable of precision-strike. Given Nigeria’s existing defence ties with China, the NAF may procure the WMD-7 targeting pod alongside the LT and LS-series of laser and INS/GPS-guided bombs, respectively.

http://quwa.org/2016/06/08/nigeria-preparing-induct-jf-17-super-mushshak/

Nigeria To Acquire Super Tucanos From US To Replace Alpha Jets




The United States is likely to sell its Super Tucano attack aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). In addition to this, the NAF will also be inducting Mi-35 helicopters and JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft and Super Mushsack trainers.
“The US would soon authorize the sale of the Super Tucano Aircraft which would be used to replace the nation’s ailing Alpha jets,” the Director of Public Relations and Information of NAF, Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, was quoted as saying by Punch, a Nigerian news daily Wednesday.
Famuyiwa quoted the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, as having said that the facilities of NAF were expanded as a result of the proposed fleet acquisition.
“NAF, at present, is on 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. 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 NAF to replace the aging Alpha Jets,” Abubakar said.

Henry240:


We have the JF-17s coming, this we know for sure. How would the Ethiopians and South-Africans be able to shoot us when we deploy better assets than them?

We parade a 4th gen Aircraft, the JF-17.

cjrane:
These planes will soon be used to entrench injustice in Nigeria. Attacking people for protesting against unjust treatment of their land.

NDA should learn how to shoot slightly in front of a flying Nigeria airforce plane. It takes a bit of skill to do it

Henry240:


Just to add to what you've said,

The Nigerian Air Force is the 3rd best Airforce in Africa, only behind Egypt and Algeria. Egypt has no competition in Africa, they have one of the largest Air Forces in the world, Algeria has the "largest air force in Africa", since we now know Egypt is in an entirely different league.

thedarksider:



but,we need a remarkable amount of them to catch up now..



reveverse engineering is the answer,,,,,,we dont have to reverse-engineer something so good as the jf-17,but we will be able to have something compactable compared to others in the world......


3 of them is not enough to catch up.....


i dont see how we can catch up now in terms of finance....


sophistication is getting more expensiv,year by year.....invention,counter-invention,,,counter-invention,counter-counter-invention.........and so on....

chkil:


dont forget morocco

23 F-16 C/D
27 Mirage F1 MF2000
3 Mirage F1B
28 F-5A/B/E/F
24 Alphajet

all upgraded to last version

Henry240:


I was referring to fighter jets alone. I know the Moroccans have a larger, better fighter fleet that Nigeria. I am referring to the entire Air Force, Fighters, Drones, Transports, Surveillance Assets, Combat sorties, number of pilots & Training, Special Forces, Attack Helicopters, Light and Medium Utility Helicopters.


The entire Air Force.

chkil:


well, i think moroccan air force still ahead , what's the current inventory of nigerian air force ??

for morocco there is in service .

Henry240:


We are not buying only 3 JF-17 thunders. We have a requirement for between 25 - 40 planes. These 3 are just an initial delivery.



I do agree that reverse-engineering is the answer, we are also trying to make it work with local, Chinese and South-African companies. We'll have to wait and see how things progress.