NAF receives final batch of trainer aircraft, promises to combat counterinsurgency



By Adewunmi Abodunrin,

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Sunday, took delivery of the second batch of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft which the Federal Government had ordered from Pakistan.

The new Super Mushshak aircraft which was brought in by the Ilyushin 76 Strategic Airlifter aircraft, is capable of being used for acrobatics training, are all brand new and custom-fitted with digital glass cockpit.

Chief of Logistics at NAF Headquarters, Bello Garba, who received the new aircraft at NAF Base, Kaduna, on behalf of the Chief of the Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, with a combined team of NAF and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) personnel who assisted in offloading the new aircraft, some parts of which came in crates and officials of the National Customs Service and the National Immigration Service were present to ensure necessary documentation.

The newly received aircraft, five in number, form the final batch of a total of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft, the procurement of which the current Federal Government Administration initiated in Year 2016.


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