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Hushpuppi's Cousin, Flexing Mike Arrested In The UK For Gun Possession In the UK

An upcoming Nigerian rapper in the UK who goes by the name, Flexing Mike who is also a cousin to popular Nigerian billionaire social media influencer, Hushpuppi has been arrested in the UK after rash display of lunacy after firing several round of bullet into the air from his penthouse apartment in Chatham, Kent.

Concerned Neighbours and onlookers captured the incident on their phone cameras and the shooter was also live-streaming the shooting to his instagram and snapchat accounts. It is a clear attempt at getting famous though the incident. Mike could be seen drinking bottles of gin before going on the rampage, we have several videos and photos of the idiot shooter below:

Roads around the Dockside area in Chatham, Kent, were closed off as officers moved in. Mike was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences, Kent Police said.

Police found four suspected imitation firearms. Kent Police said officers were called at 8.35am on Wednesday to a “disturbance at a flat” in Dock Head Road.

In the videos he posted, Mike can be seen miming a diss song 2pac made for Notorious B.I.G.

https://www..com/talk/topic,461160.0.html

You can watch the full Instagram video here

Full video of Flexingmike shooting from his balcony pic.twitter.com/oRqD5inhhO

— Foodieninja (@Foodieninja_) April 22, 2020

A Nigerian man went viral on social media yesterday for an extremely strange act. The man was streaming live on Instagram as he listened to 2Pac Shakur's music (Hit Em Up), drank alcohol, displayed several weapons including a submachine gun and fired several rounds from his balcony.

The man, who was identified as Flexing Mike, a record company executive, was shouting, "Dem dey crase? Dem dey mad? I will disturb the peace of Great Britain today! Call me the f**king cops! I don blow tools everywhere now, dem no fit call the police. How can I shoot all this bullets, police did not come, them dey mad?"

Several witnesses down on the street also recorded the incident and posted the videos online. Some people on social media said that the act might be the result of mental illness caused by the coronavirus lock down.

Armed policemen later stormed the building. Luckily, some people at the entrance to the building told the police that they suspected that the guns were not real and this probably saved Flexing Mike's life.

It is illegal to own an imitation gun in the UK, so Flexing Mike might still be in trouble even if it is determined that the guns are not real.


Here's a video of the incident.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8iaynaFBig

I’m sorry, I was meant to tell the story of the Super Tucano, but I was busy with a competition, but I’ll tell the story now.

Now let’s get to the story of the Super Tucano.

Some people have claimed that the Super Tucano is a World War 2 aircraft. This shows that they don’t know what they are talking about. The A29 Super Tucano had its first test flight in 1999 and it was introduced into the Brazilian Air Force in 2003. In fact, it has won a few US Government contracts and it competed against other reputable aircrafts in order to win those contracts.

I suspect that the reason that they wrongly believe that it is a “World War 2 aircraft” is because it is a propeller plane, but many propeller planes are used by air forces around the world today. They are mainly used as either basic training aircraft or for counter-insurgency warfare.

Ground attack propeller planes
During the Vietnam War the US military realised that it needed a good ground attack aircraft that would be able to provide close air support for its troops. The Viet Cong were engaging US forces in guerrilla warfare and air support was vital to US operations.

The US military converted its most famous transport plane, the Hercules C130 into a ground attack plane. They placed cannons and heavy submachine guns in it and it became the AC130 ground attack plane.

I assume that every Nigerian should know the C130 because it is the workhorse of the Nigerian Air Force and it has been used on many very public occasions, for example, it was used to convey President Yar’Adua’s corpse from Abuja to Katsina.

This is a Nigerian Air Force Hercules C130 cargo plane.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11406355_nigerianairforcec130hhercules_jpegc686a997bbd3765ecef1aefa9bfa2f91

And this is a US Air Force AC130 ground attack plane.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11406356_ac130_jfif_jpeg47b1f2d026ff2b33e10d56cc49f9b332

A29 Super Tucano

Why did the US military need the AC130 and why does the Nigerian military need the A29 Super Tucano? Well, you’ll find out here.

The United States invaded Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and 2003 and they encountered an insurgency and were faced with guerrilla warfare soon afterwards. They faced the same problems that our troops are facing in North-Eastern Nigeria and they needed an aircraft that could solve the problems. What were the problems?

1) They needed an aircraft that could take off from almost anywhere. Jet fighters need a good and long runway, but this means that the aircraft might have to fly a long distance to get to the battlefield. Meanwhile, the troops on the ground don’t have time to wait for an aircraft to fly from far away to provide air support. They need air support now! This is the reason that the Nigerian Army asked the government to provide it with helicopters that would stay with them in the battlefield, rather than having to wait for Air Force aircraft that have to fly from air bases that are far away.

These propeller planes can land and take off from almost anywhere.


2). The fighter jets are too fast and consume too much fuel. This makes it difficult for them to stay at the battlefield for long periods of time. The propeller planes are slower and can take their time to strike at targets on the ground. They also consume less fuel, which means that they can stay over the battlefield for a longer period of time.

3) Attack helicopters are good, but they can’t fly as fast as the propeller planes, neither can they fly as high as the propeller planes.

4) The AC130 is good, but it is a big plane, which makes it easier to target and hit. The US military wanted something smaller.

Competition

The US Military decided to test proposed aircraft via a donation scheme. In 2009 they asked companies to express their interest in providing a light attack aircraft for close air support. The US Government intended to supply 20 of the aircraft to Afghanistan for its counter insurgency operations. Among the aircraft that competed for the contract were:

Embraer A29 Super Tucano: The US Air Force had already leased some Tucanos from Embraer of Brazil and tested them. They also increased the firepower of the aircraft.

Beechcraft Wolverine I earlier told you that propeller planes are used for basic training in all air forces around the world. The primary trainer in the US Military is the Beechcraft Texan. Beechcraft therefore upgraded the Texan into the Wolverine and entered it into the competition.

Textron Airland Scorpion Textron bought over Beechcraft and they hurriedly put together this aircraft in order to enter the competition. But the aircraft, which was made from parts of other aircraft, is a jet, not a propeller plane.

Boeing OV-10X This is Boeing’s light attack aircraft. It is a propeller plane.

A-67 Dragon This is also a light attack propeller plane and it is specifically designed for counter-insurgency operations, but it was still under construction when the competition began.

Air Tractor AT-802U This is a military version of a crop duster (it’s a propeller plane), but it had also not been completed when the competition began.


Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master This aircraft was made by Alenia, which is an Italian company, but it is a jet plane, rather than a propeller plane.

All the other bids quickly failed apart from the Super Tucano and the Beechcraft Texan. The US Government excluded Beechcraft and awarded the contract to Embraer Super Tucano because of problems with Beechcraft’s bid. The US military had issues with the plane and Beechcraft did not correct the problems to the satisfaction of the government.

Beechcraft sued the government and the contract was initially suspended, but the government won the suit and the contract went ahead in 2011.

US pilots taught the Afghan pilots how to operate the planes and the 20 A29 Super Tucano were delivered to the Afghan Air Force.

Here is a video of a live fire training in the Super Tucano. You can see them firing rockets and machine guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkgeladdlaI


The US Government then decided that it wanted Super Tucanos for its own military and it began another competition. However, President Donald Trump has blamed former Presidents Bush and Obama for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and he has promised to pull out all US troops from those 2 countries, so people started questioning whether the US military needed Super Tucanos since they were leaving Iraq and Afghanistan. The competitors were initially required to provide 20 Super Tucanos, but it was reduced to 5. It is not certain if the request will be fulfilled or if it will be canceled.

However, US Special Forces have put in a request for light attack aircraft like the Super Tucano.

My next post will be about the Nigerian side of the story.