NGpatriot:



This is why the whole transaction was government to government transaction. We gave them our shopping list, they gave us a price, we the US government directly, they gave us a receipt for our payment.

For that we are not only getting 12 fully equipped planes, weapons, training, software package, simulators, hangers and modern base facilities.

This is our you attain a standard, well equipped, uniform and professional military.

Gone are the days when we give billions of dollars to first men, middle men, last men and so on to purchase military hardware and end up with obsolete, used and decommissioned military tools.

The last Alpha Jets we bought were decommissioned jets from private collectors, they did not even have bomb racks to carry or fire weapons, we had to engage aftermarket people and even Innoson here in Nigeria to reconfigure the jests for military use.

DurexDcondom:



I think so too.
Bad sign. See any country the US has a presence whatsoever, we all know the other stories.
Innocent Nigerians should braze up for the worst ahit that may happen few years from now.

Karemarealty288:
Base to employ so called repentant boko haram

madridsta007:


A foreign nation being given the contract to construct classified Military facilities in another national?

Smart Africans.

GamalNasser:
Why can't the A29 be supported and based in our existing Airforce Bases .. What kind of hardware purchase is this ? Buhari will surrender our sovereignty to America and China soon because he doesn't think thing through properly .

NGpatriot:



They are mad and barking like bingo already..

simpleseyi:


My brother, what has this so called our sovereigntydone for you over these years? Let America and share our sovereignty, it will be better than the sovereignty that is currently with heartless looters.

GamalNasser:
Why can't the A29 be supported and based in our existing Airforce Bases .. What kind of hardware purchase is this ? Buhari will surrender our sovereignty to America and China soon because he doesn't think thing through properly .

35824L:
Igbos will not be happy with their daddy Trump because of this news. How dare he build a military base in the 'zoo' to support the 'zoo' soldiers crackdown on their people?

afube:


i knew you were a phoney patriot ! i always make that good call. bloody hypocrite.

NGpatriot:





See how backward and regressive some of you are?

We are moving forward into a modern military age with modern and purposed military facilities that we can learn from and copy to build our own in the future via knowledge transfer and this one is suggesting tat we go back and remain stagnant.


Thank God that we don't have backward mentality people like you in government.

NGpatriot:



They are mad and barking like bingo already..

35824L:
Igbos will not be happy with their daddy Trump because of this news. How dare he build a military base in the 'zoo' to support the 'zoo' soldiers crackdown on their people?

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesman Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa in January said the Alpha Jets bought from the United States could not be deployed on operations because they could not deliver weapons, thus relegating them to training.

He said the NAF had earlier looked overseas for assistance to get the aircraft reconfigured for combat but foreign companies were asking for $20,000-30,000 to carry out initial assessments of the project, so the NAF decided to form its own team to carry out the work.

"The model worked on the ground, and has since been mounted on the Alpha Jets, and test flown successfully," he said. "This feat is a major research and development breakthrough for the NAF and the nation as a huge foreign exchange saver, given the project only cost about N400,000 $2,000."


http://v2.itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-44783/

GamalNasser:


I can see how your forward think Buhari govt has improved Nigeria Keep deceiving yourself

Well I can't understand why a foreign military will come help us build airforce base in our country...Can't the give Buhari the specifications of the facility those planes need so we can award the contract to civil engineering firm to build ..I don't see why 12 turbo props even need a special base it's not like we are buying F35s oo.

Are you aware that by allowing US military engineers on ground here is tantamount to allowing foreign military boots on our soil ....you people don't think things through abeg

NGpatriot:


https://www.aflcmc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2328270/afsac-awards-361-million-construction-contract-for-a-29-beddown/
God Bless PMB

God Bless Nigeria.

Bluntguy:
As long as this will not be constructed in Daura, it's fine by me.

NGpatriot:
For the first time in our history, we are getting a world class air force base with world class facilities, airfield hot cargo pad, perimeter and security fencing, munitions assembly and storage, small arms storage, a flight annex wing building for simulator training, airfield lighting, and various airfield apron, parking, hangar, and entry control point improvements.


This is part of the 12 A-29 Tucano package that we've already paid for.

NGpatriot:
For the first time in our history, we are getting a world class air force base with world class facilities, airfield hot cargo pad, perimeter and security fencing, munitions assembly and storage, small arms storage, a flight annex wing building for simulator training, airfield lighting, and various airfield apron, parking, hangar, and entry control point improvements.


This is part of the 12 A-29 Tucano package that we've already paid for.

phranklyn92:
There's more to this than meet the eyes

DurexDcondom:



I think so too.
Bad sign. See any country the US has a presence whatsoever, we all know the other stories.
Innocent Nigerians should braze up for the worst ahit that may happen few years from now.

Deepthoughts:
I hope this so call A-29 super tucano is not just one nicely package garbage been promoted by hi tech propaganda n bought by fools, the way the aircraft looks like ww2 aircrafts creates serious doubts in my mind, what is the proven combat record of this aircraft n which other countries have used them successfully?.

SEALS, Tucano planes and more than 3,300 pounds of weapons

Super Tucano can fight from the air at less than 1,000 feet above the ground battle.

In fact, five hard points under the wing and fuselage allow the aircraft to bring more than 3,300 pounds of weapons to a fight.

In addition to two internal machine guns, it can bring two .50" machine guns in the wings, with each unleashing 200 rounds for powerful close support of ground forces.

Rocket launchers like the LAU-68 and bombs like the Mk 81 or Mk 82 equipped with guidance kits are two other sorts of firepower it can unload to defeat enemy forces.

If the Super Tucano is under attack from an enemy plane, then it can unleash short-range air-air missiles like the AIM-9 Sidewinders – just like jets.

In addition to armor, the air crew’s safety is enhanced with advanced tech like MAWS (Missile Approach Warning System) and RWR (Radar Warning Receiver). It also has cunning modern tech like chaff and flares to defeat enemy attacks


Modern missions often happen at night. The aircraft has been designed to be compatible with this need - from NVG Gen. III infra-red vision capability to details like cockpit and external lights that are compatible with NVG.

The electro optical infrared system helps the pilots recognize targets by collecting images around the clock, both day and night. FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) supplies digitized thermal imaging.

U.S. Navy SEALs often identify the very best technology and then trailblaze with it.

The SEALS spotted the potential of the Tucano and fought hard for it to be adopted to provide better close air support, transforming it into the Super Tucano.

The result? The birth of the A-29B Super Tucano and an aircraft that would prove the SEALS right time and again downrange. It performed so well that the Super Tucano stable grew.


https://www.foxnews.com/tech/seals-tucano-planes-and-more-than-3300-pounds-of-weapons

WUdec:


you are very wise.

When has the US ever built a base in any country and left.

A lot of Nigerians know nothing about intelligence, espionage and protection of western interests.

Nigeria is over

35824L:
Igbos will not be happy with their daddy Trump because of this news. How dare he build a military base in the 'zoo' to support the 'zoo' soldiers crackdown on their people?