Terrorism: Nigeria to get 3 J70 fighter aircraft from Pakistan

…as NAF wings 105 pilots in 4 years


The counter-terrorism operation in the North East is set to receive a boost, as plans have been concluded for the induction of three J70 fighter aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

The disclosure was made Monday by the Pakistani Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, during a visit to the headquarters of the NAF in Abuja.

This was as the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said contemporary security challenges across the world, require partnership and synergy between and among services.

Addressing journalists after the open session, the Pakistani CAS disclosed that his visit to the NAF headquarters, was to strengthen collaboration between the two Air Forces in the areas of training, joint exercises, equipment and some manufacturing.

According to him, this was part of the larger defence cooperation, which Pakistan seeks to establish with the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
“It is an official bilateral visit that I am conducting. I am looking forward to defence corporation not only in the Air Force, but in the military. Including the Army and Navy.

“In the Air force what we are doing with the Nigerian Air Force and the Pakistan Air Force together is in the field of training, joint exercises, equipment and some manufacturing.The purpose is to further accentuate, enhance and boost the scope of operation and take it to the next millage.

“We are jointly producing JF 70 with China…It’s a joint venture but we are manufacturing.. Now I have more than 100 aircraft that are flying.

“The JF 70 is a battle hardened aircraft…You as Nigerians should be very satisfied to have these aircraft flying in the coming days, and that is what we look forward to as we cooperate with our Nigerian brothers and sisters so that that aircraft come for the defence of Nigeria, and it will be a very important platform and state of the art aircraft and that is one of the biggest collaborations that we have at this time,” Khan said.

On his part, the CAS underscored the importance of robust collaboration, which he noted, the NAF had pursued since his emergence as the 20th Air Chief in 2015.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/10/terrorism-nigeria-to-get-3-j70-fighter-aircraft-from-pakistan/

kidap:
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) international collaborations are paying off gradually, The NAF is set to receive three J70 fighter aircraft from the Pakistani Air Force.

The battle hardened aircraft was jointly produced by Pakistan and China As Nigeria continues its quest to route out criminal elements within its borders, three J70 fighter aircraft would soon be added into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to boost its operations.

This was disclosed by the Pakistani Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, during a visit to the headquarters of the NAF in Abuja on Monday, October 14. Addressing journalists after alongside the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Pakistani air chief described the JF 70 as a battle hardened aircraft. He said the aircraft was jointly produced by Pakistan and China.

According to him, his visit to Nigeria, was to strengthen collaboration between the two Air Forces in the areas of training, joint exercises, equipment and manufacturing. He said this was part of the larger defence cooperation, which Pakistan seeks to establish with the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

“It is an official bilateral visit that I am conducting. I am looking forward to defence corporation not only in the Air Force, but in the military including the Army and Navy. “The purpose is to further accentuate, enhance and boost the scope of operation and take it to the next millage,” he said.

On his part, Air Marshal Abubakar said discussions with the Pakistani air chief will revolve around partnership and building capacity. He said: “The kind of challenges we are facing in the 21st century are challenges that require collaboration, are challenges that require partnerships and that is what we have done in the last four years. “So many of our officers are training in the Pakistani Air Force and I think that partnership will ultimately impact positively on what we are doing in Nigeria.”


Source: https://gidifeed.com/nigeria-air-force-to-get-3-j70-fighter-aircraft-from-pakistani-air-force/
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J-17 please. No such aircraft as J-70.

You mean Belgium jet?

Okay.

And means for somebody to loot
Our money..

ok

Chai Buhari na wa oo

I pray it's not another useless purchase

Where is innoson jet ;Dyou want to import jet but not rice.we will use locally made jets

Baba waka don dey pay...

Naija must work oooo

It looks real massive

Pakistan tackled her insurgency and has a firm grip on her border, I believe boko haram is just a means to siphon public money

For free?

carzola:
Okay.

And means for somebody to loot
Our money..

martin looter

positivevibez:
Where is innoson jet ;Dyou want to import jet but not rice.we will use locally made jets

you want our soldiers to die in mass?

Great initiative

SCRAP DEATH TRAP, DO PAKISTAN PRODUCE FIGHTER JET

3rd hand craft that will crash soon. Nonsense

OK

They will just use this one to say nja have aircraft... hope it will not be used on any terrorist sect (people that don't count bullet, ready to kill chicken with firing squad)... if 1 is hit we will be left with two and if two is hit we'll be left with 1... Nigeria that don't finance machineries like this, they will just be managing the craft till the day the engine knock on flight. Then we go back to round zero...

selling old craft to us and we dey happy....if we acquire the more advance and sophistcated F-15_Eagle or the F--16 Fighter n.a. bad thing?

So tay Pakistan. Not even China make we manage. One day we will hear Cotonou. There is God oo.

Haaaahaaa, This Zoo de make me laugh.

Boy JF 17 or JF 70 nothing like JF70.

nawa ohh

Third world country patronizing another third world country. 7th hand jets on point. nothing can be cooler.

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Lol hahaha in Chinese language

Why Pakistan