The Nigerian Air Force last night took delivery of three JF-17 Thunder from Pakistan. The three JF-17 Thunder arrived the NAF Tactical Air Command (TAC), Makurdi in the late hours of Tuesday March 23.

The three aircraft were delivered aboard a Pakistani antonov aircraft, in a partially disassembled form, with their wings removed. A video which was published on social media shows Nigerian Air Force and Pakistani technical personnel offloading the aircraft.


The three JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter jet were initially expected to arrive on or before November 2020, according a report by the former Nigerian Chief of Air Staff, (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar during the graduation ceremony of 2,079 new recruits to boost internal operations. However, they were delayed following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In September 2016, at the 9th African Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, Nigeria and Pakistan’s Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of the JF-17 “Thunder” fighter, making it the first African Air Force to procure the aircraft. The Nigerian Air Force is expected to buy at least one or two squadrons JF-17 fighter after an initial order for three units is delivered.

The JF-17 Thunder evolved out of the MiG-21, and is a lightweight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and China’s state-owned Chengdu Aircraft Corp. The jet is equipped with a 23 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel automatic cannon and can also be armed with various air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.

Although, the contract did not specify the exact variant of the JF-17 Thunder soon to be delivered, however, it is expected to be the JF-17 Block II which has been in development since 2013.

The new JF-17 Thunder aircraft will replace Nigeria’s aging fleet of less than ten Chengdu F-7 AirGuard which has suffered attrition since its acquisition in 2009.


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Alright, i hope we did not borrow money to buy this.

I think the Airforce should deploy one to that place with "unknown" gunmen

Simplyleo:
I think the Airforce should deploy one to that place with "unknown" gunmen

Yearh, that place is a good practicing ground.
Made in China Shekau boys must be eliminated immediately before they constitute another mess to the country.

Good move, I must say.
But proper maintenance is of utmost importance.

Audio thunder jet



Shekau will still seize them from the NAF even if it's true

Let them not crash the relics that they bought. Imagine something produced 2007, that's what they want to use in 2021. This country self

This kind jet nawa