₦airaland Forum

Super1Star:
Our profile keeps soaring on the international scene. God bless PMB for us, for enabling him to gradually repair our damaged international status and restoring our national pride.

Sons of haters can keep spreading their hate, while the chief hater keeps languishing in a watery-beans eating cell.

Nigeria is waxing stronger and their fraud of a dream keeps becoming a lost cause on a daily basis.

what are you saying I recommend a glass of peak for you

The A-29 is a very effective counter insurgency fighter but I think Nigeria's Defense chiefs should start looking to the future,Nigeria's airforce is crap,at least Nigeria should buy some F-16 for godsake.Look at South Africa,Egypt,Tunisia,Algeria,Morrocco,Ethiopia and even Uganda they seem to have more formidable airforce than the economic powerhouse of Africa.

CSTR2:
After slandering the USA and her citizens on social media, you still run to us for a mere turbo aircraft..
Why not go to your favorite China if they are so good ? Deluded lots.

Us!

Keneking:
"........in a vote of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari's drive to reform the country's corruption-tainted military."

Amazing transaction to be signed off by US & Nigeria Government

We need similar device to fight militants in creeks and cattle rustlers

media player can you give us your location?

masterpix:
media player can you give us your location?

Media listener I am at the border between Imo and Abia. Nonsense

Keneking:
"........in a vote of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari's drive to reform the country's corruption-tainted military."

Amazing transaction to be signed off by US & Nigeria Government

We need similar device to fight militants in creeks and cattle rustlers

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Iam happy that the outside world is recognizing this guy's effort unlike our brothers here that doesn't see anything good in this administration

IbnSultaan:
› Fact box: The A-29 Super Tucano aircraft at a glance


Many of the funds alleged to have been misused and siphoned off by corrupt Nigerian officials under Jonathan's government were earmarked for the fight against Boko Haram, which has killed thousands in northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries in the last seven years. Last year, the group pledged loyalty to Islamic State.

"No wonder they weren't doing well with respect to Boko Haram. (They) didn’t have the ammunition," the first official said.

The accused officials include Nigeria's former chief of defense staff, who last month pleaded not guilty to using money allocated for Nigeria's air force to buy a mansion and a commercial plot of land and build a shopping mall.

ARMED AIRCRAFT

Congress has not yet been formally notified of the possible U.S. approval of the sale of Embraer's A29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft to Nigeria.

The Tucanos can be used for training, surveillance or attack. They can be armed with two wing-mounted machine guns and can carry up to 1,550 Kg (3,417 pounds) of weapons. (See Factbox

One production line for the Super Tucano is in Florida, where it is built with U.S. firm Sierra Nevada Corp. The aircraft that would be sold to Nigeria come with a "very basic armed configuration ," one of the U.S. officials said.

The sale could offer Nigeria a more maneuverable aircraft that can stay aloft for extended periods to target Boko Haram formations. Officials did not disclose the cost of the planes to be sold to Nigeria.

However, a contract for 20 similar aircraft sold to Afghanistan was valued at about $428 million at the time it was announced in 2013.

J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council think tank, said any sale of Super Tucano aircraft would demonstrate improving ties, but cautioned that their ability to counter Boko Haram could be limited.

"When you're fighting a group that's no longer holding towns and villages, that's no longer massing forces in a conventional way, t[b]he aircraft – attack aircraft – have a much more limited role in that kind of fight[/b]," Pham said.

(Additional reporting by Jonathan Landay. Editing by John Walcott and Stuart Grudgings)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nigeria-arms-idUSKCN0XX09M

This is SCAM!
The American Govt is trying to SCAM Nigeria!

Otherwise, why would they be selling a Turbo-Prop Aircraft to Nigeria, as Fighter Aircraft?
With those Boko Haram using RPG's, they would just be downing this useless 1950's plane ......like flies!

Is that what they have been selling to Israel and Saudi Arabia?
If they cant sell us F25 or even F35, at least they should sell F15's Jet fighters to us.
No country in the world today, uses Turbo-Prop Aircraft for fighting Wars!

We better conserve our scare resources than waste it on some "Museum piece", World War 2 scrap that America is finding a way to dispose, so as to free space




Lastpage!

Are we fighting world war 3?

Buhari good job but we need a better 4 generation Aircraft too, SU-24/27, MIG-31 and Russian MI-21and Night hunter helicopter. A strong military is a strong country.

We need protection from the sky.

when I saw d topic I was excited, thinking we would be getting the F-16. I clicked and saw a private trainer. In this time and age we are still opting for such

Stúpid propaganda....US congress has not even been notified of the approval and they are already bringing it out as news.


Zombies should endeavour to read the full text before commenting. Abi they cannot read loke their NEPA bill certificate mentor?

repogirl:
Stúpid propaganda....US congress has not even been notified of the approval and they are already bringing it out as news.


Zombies should endeavour to read the full text before commenting. Abi they cannot read loke their NEPA bill certificate mentor?

see ur head
reuter link d news first

CSTR2:
no I won't.
According to simpletons like you, the US =IMF =WORLD BANK.=EMEMY.
what do you want our weapons for?

Who d f are u? And what are u doing on NL? Go hug transformer joor! Se u count for your country?

lastpage:
This is SCAM!
The American Govt is trying to SCAM Nigeria!

Otherwise, why would they be selling a Turbo-Prop Aircraft to Nigeria, as Fighter Aircraft?
With those Boko Haram using RPG's, they would just be downing this useless 1950's plane ......like flies!

Is that what they have been selling to Israel and Saudi Arabia?
If they cant sell us F25 or even F35, at least they should sell F15's Jet fighters to us.
No country in the world today, uses Turbo-Prop Aircraft for fighting Wars!

We better conserve our scare resources than waste it on some "Museum piece", World War 2 scrap that America is finding a way to dispose, so as to free space




Lastpage!

I thought I was the only one that spotted the discrepancy.

NAF pilots would be mere sitting ducks in the air with those archaic turbo-prop aircraft. It's better Nigerian companies like Proforce, DICON, and possible INNOSON, be funded by the FG to produce attack helicopters, fighter jets and bombers. After all, the country can boast of aeronautical engineers in Western nations who can contribute their technical know-how in such a venture.

The only impediment to such a program is the unreliable power supply.

Baba should just be cautious with US,i don't trust uncle Sam an inch!

Kai!! Which way Nigeria

Why are people celebrating? It's not as if we just acquired one wicked fighter jet...even Ghana and Senegal has the tucano in their inventory. And did I read the part that the aircraft would come with very basic configuration? The US will take our cash and hand us some obsolete piece of junk!! I'm wondering why Uncle Sam's so called Leahy law does not apply in this transaction.
When are we going to realize that the earlier we look inwards, the sooner we become masters of our own fate?

Haba Nigerians who have bewitched us??

IbnSultaan:
see ur head
reuter link d news first

read the full story instead of headline.

Congress has not yet been formally notified of the possible U.S. approval of the sale of Embraer's A29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft to Nigeria.

Anyway zombies don't ever look beneath the surface.

Its beauty and brain may not have direct relationship.

repogirl:
Stúpid propaganda....US congress has not even been notified of the approval and they are already bringing it out as news.


Zombies should endeavour to read the full text before commenting. Abi they cannot read loke their NEPA bill certificate mentor?

olalat:
Its beauty and brain may not have direct relationship.

and foolishness and zombieesm might be in direct correlation in yours.

Your master propagandist are even doing propaganda on top achaic outdated aircrafts. LMAO!

Shame!

I was expecting A-10 thunderbolt II not some piece of WW2 scap relic.

So boko-hari wants to import more demons to his country Federa Republic North Nigeria (FRNN). I know only the cursed deal with each other. You can bring all the cursed men on the face of the earth but let them stay in your (FRNN). It is just an advice.

Is Embraer not a Brazilian Company again?t
Has the war not been won?
Where has the US been all these while?
Have they come to steal the hard earned glory of our boys?
Bleep the Tucanos. We've cone this far without them, our Mushaks, will do the job.
Let NAF conclude the deal with the Pakistanis for their JF series Block II engine with full tech transfer, and possibility of joint assemblage her in Nigeria.
Let's not politicise our military abeg.

CSTR2:
no I won't.
According to simpletons like you, the US =IMF =WORLD BANK.=EMEMY.
what do you want our weapons for?

the same weapon america gave nigeria, just watchout, america wil give same weapon to boko haram, remember, there are 6,200 american special ops agents in 26 locations in africa, some of them are covertly arranging logistics for boko haram, fulani herdsmen from mali and other nearby countries, i av studied boko haram logistics and operations, american special ops agents & CIA are behind it. thats why they are called "special ops agent". some of these team of special ops get their funding via d black market, bcoz d purpose of d fund is for terrorism. it must not be traced.

Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia and even Eritea all have 4th generation aircrafts in their inventory already. I would be happy if we can get F-16's, F15's, F-18 hornet instead. Anyway thanks to US.

Nigerdeltaboi:
nonsense ! why now even when the former vice President publicly declared out intentions to acquire this platform . I hate this double standards from the Americans.

Double standard, yes I agree. The craft in no way near some the best in USA. Why not F15 or F16 like those ones given to Iraq? And they know fully well that Boko Haram has killed more than ISIS evidently.

CSTR2:
After slandering the USA and her citizens on social media, you still run to us for a mere turbo aircraft..
Why not go to your favorite China if they are so good ? Deluded lots.

bro I feel ur pain but I know where u came from,most people from that region re bigots

First of all what is needed in this case is a powerful, highly maneuverable attack helicopter like Ka 52 alligator not some fake,highly priced, over hyped U.S junk like Apache copters. We don't need this crap except if the same hypocrite U.S have decided to re-supply more sophisticated weapons to their proxy forces boko haram via their permanent and temporary puppets , Wahhabi Saudi Arabia/takfiri/mujadeen terrorist institution.

It's not new thing that the Empire of lies have long been looking for how to install a base in Nigeria to contain China in west Africa. Ghana has agreed to this but only Nigeria refused. So it's part of U.S interest to see Nigeria destroyed and it's the reason they predicted 2015. They did not predict, they planned for 2015 but failed.

And this is the major reason they decided to include Nigeria in the leahy law, banning the sales of arms so Nigeria will not contain their proxies.

I don't even know why Buhari is playing with the devil here. To dine with the devil, you need very long spoon.
If there is one thing we need now, it is Ka 52 flying tank which is by far better than apache but not these junks from the empire of lies, empire of debt, a falling or dieing anglozionist empire.

Usa shud fuckoff

Cheap propaganda, they haven't even approved the sale. I don't think the sale will happen. The US never sell us fully operational army equipment. It will take 3 to 4 years to get the aircraft even if we want to buy them. There is no provision in the 2016 budget. lets say we make an order in 2017. They will have to make the aircraft. Our pilots will have to train on them. We are looking at maybe 2020 for delivery. We are facing the Boko Haram threat now in 2016. We have already made plans to get JF17 aircrafts. Nigeria will sign a deal with Russia next year to get the SU32 multirole fighter jets. Our pilots are already training on the new aircrafts. We have been working on this deal since 2014. America is not going to manipulate us to cancel the existing deals for a fictional Tucano sale to Nigeria.

lastpage:
This is SCAM!
The American Govt is trying to SCAM Nigeria!

Otherwise, why would they be selling a Turbo-Prop Aircraft to Nigeria, as Fighter Aircraft?
With those Boko Haram using RPG's, they would just be downing this useless 1950's plane ......like flies!

Is that what they have been selling to Israel and Saudi Arabia?
If they cant sell us F25 or even F35, at least they should sell F15's Jet fighters to us.
No country in the world today, uses Turbo-Prop Aircraft for fighting Wars!

We better conserve our scare resources than waste it on some "Museum piece", World War 2 scrap that America is finding a way to dispose, so as to free space
Lastpage!

that it is turbo-prop aircraft doesn't meant it is bad. It is good at what it is meant for. Infact, that feature, propeller, is what makes it good for the task it is meant.

That it has a propeller is the reason it can fly slower and lower and serve as the best close support option for troops in combat. With its guns, it can burst tanks in battle and tilt the war in favour of its ground troops.

I think the Isrealis and the Saudis have the A-10 thunderbolt, which performs the same function as this Tucano; they are Attackers! If the Isrealis and the Saudis need it, they will get it.

Lastly, the super Tucanos are no WWII aircrafts; they were developed as a joint venture between the Americans and the Brazillians. You can read up on it.