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Nigerian Navy SBS VBSS exercise


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=934nsVMkrOc

Malian Air Force Bayraktar TB2 drones commissioned into service today.

Official handover of military equipment including 4x L-39 and 3x TB2 drones to the Malian Air Force.

Mali has so far received 13 L-39 FTA since last year.

Nigeria Sipri Arms Transfer - 2022


Austria
R: Nigeria 4 DA62 light aircraft 2022

Brazil
R: Nigeria 12 EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/combat aircraft 2018 2021 12 $345 m deal; A-29B version; ordered via USA and modified in USA before delivery

Canada
R: Nigeria (12) aircraft engine aircraft engine 2018 2021 (12) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-68C (1250hp) turboprop; for 12 EMB-314 (A-29B) trainer/combat aircraft from Brazil

China
R: Nigeria (12) VT-4 tank (2019) 2020-2022 (12)
2 CH-3 armed UAV (2020)
(4) CH-4B armed UAV (2020)
(100) CSK-131 APC/APV (2020) 2021 (100)
(100) CS/VP3 APC (2020) 2021 (100)
60 Type-89/ZSD-89-2 IFV (2021) 2021 60
(4) AR-500 UAV (2022) 2022 (4) AR-500B version
(1) PC 46m patrol craft (2022) 2022 1 Probably second-hand; aid; designation uncertain (reported as '46 meters patrol boat)

France
R: Nigeria (40) Mistral portable SAM (2021) For 2 OPV-76 OPV from Turkey
2 FPB-110 patrol craft 2019 2020-2021 (2) FPB-110 Mk-2 version

Italy
R: Nigeria 2 Super Rapid 76mm naval gun 2021 For 2 OPV-76 OPV from Turkey
(6) A-109K light helicopter (2018) 2019-2020 4 Armed AW-109M version
1 AW139 helicopter (2019) 2021 1
(24) M-346FA FGA aircraft (2021) M-346FT and M-346FA versions

Netherlands
R: Nigeria 2 FCS-4008 patrol craft 2019 2021 2 From Vietnamese production line
1 LST-100 landing ship 2019 2022 1 Nigerian designation Kada; from UAE production line

Pakistan
R: Nigeria 3 JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft (2016) 2021 3 $184 m deal

Russia
R: Nigeria (300) 9M114 anti-tank missile (2015) 2017-2020 (200) For Mi-35M combat helicopters
(12) Mi-35M combat helicopter 2015 2017-2020 7
(3) RD-33 turbofan (2016) 2021 (3) RD-93 version for 3 JF-17 combat aircraft from Pakistan

Turkiye
R: Nigeria (3) ASELPOD aircraft EO system (2016) 2021 (3) For JF-17 combat aircraft from Pakistan
2 OPV-76 OPV 2021 Delivery planned by 2024
(6) Bayraktar TB-2 armed UAV 2022
(6) T-129B ATAK combat helicopter 2022

United States
R: Nigeria (48) F-124 turbofan (2021) For 24 M-346 trainer/combat aircraft from Italy
vehicle engine vehicle engine

(2018) 2021 (25) Cummins ISLe-375 (400hp) diesel engine for Ara-2 APC produced in Nigeria

(400) WGU-59 APKWS anti-tank missile/ASM 2019 2021

(400) APKWS-2 version; for Super Tucano trainer/combat aircraft

2 King Air light transport aircraft 2022 King Air-360I version

GreenOris:
Kabe1
Any news about the NAF Alpha jets ?
It has been long i saw pictures of them or hear of them participating in any operations.

There's a general lack of information, seems for operational reasons since this CAS came on board.

However the Alpha Jets are still in action, as we have seen, the Nigerian military has degraded Boko Haram and ISWAP so the intensity of action is not like a couple years ago.

The good news is the Nigerian government has paid for the engines of the M346F/A from America, so a replacement for the Alpha Jets is coming sooner than later.

I will post SIPRI's arms transfer report in the coming hours, there's nothing in it we don't already know, but still.

mysticwarrior:
Your thread is centered mainly on west African military, what about Central African, East African and South African forces?

Photos from Central Africa are had to come by. No pics from East Africa yet, but we will have them soon.

South African pics especially RSA are readily available, more will be shared in the coming weeks.

The pictures from this thread have mainly focused on Exercise Flintlock 23, which is the largest SOF exercise in Africa. Hence it seems skewed towards West Africa, plus I'm Nigerian.

Seized weapons from terrorists.

Nigerian army

Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules "Charlie" takes off.

African Special Forces from Morocco, Ghana, Cape Verde, Nigeria and Ivory Coast conduct beach landing exercise

Nigerian army Counter Terror operations

B-52H Stratofortress from the 5th Bomb Wing flies over the Volta, Ghana in support of Exercise Flintlock 2023

Nemesis4you:
I saw this thread now

Nigerian Navy Special Forces conduct raids during beach landing and ship boarding exercises.

Cabo Verde and Spanish service members conducts weapons training during Flintlock

Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Brigade sniper aims down his scope as his squad moves through a field during a patrol

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Members of Cote D’Ivoire Armed Forces practices movements before conducting raids

Members of the Morocco Armed Forces conduct clearing operations of a naval ship during Flintlock

Members of the Ghana Armed Forces jump off a boat to take up fighting positions on a beach

Members of Ghana Armed Forces take control of ship during maritime operations

Members of Cote D’Ivoire Armed Forces take control of ship during maritime operations

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Niger soldiers Flintlock Exercise

African and European Special Forces conduct joint raid exercises