Pray it doesn't fall into the hands of BH members.

Embraer is actually a Brazilian company, so how come the US Government is involved in the deal? Well there are two reasons:

1) Some of the components are made in the US

2) The US government is also planning to buy lots of light attack aircraft. Six companies, including Embraer have been competing for the contract since 2015. The US bought a handful of Super Tucanos years ago in order to test them. Embraer did not want to upset the US, who might purchase many times more aircraft than Nigeria, just because Nigeria wanted to buy a handful of aircrafts. Now there are three aircrafts competing for the contract and the Super Tucano (A-29) is still in the race.

Three Planes Will Square Off in the USAF's Light Attack Experiment

SNC-Embraer's A-29 will fly of against Textron's AT-6 and Scropion aircraft, but then what?

By Joseph TrevithickMay 15, 2017


At least three different aircraft will participant in the U.S. Air Force’s light attack experiment, commonly referred to as OA-X, according to the companies involved. All that remains to be seen is just how serious the service actually is about pursuing the concept.

On May 12, 2017, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) issued a press release on behalf of itself and its partner, Embraer Defense & Security, announcing that they would be sending their A-29 light attack aircraft to the Air Force’s evaluation. On May 15, 2017, Textron Aviation sent out a notice that its AT-6 Wolverine and Scorpion aircraft were slated to take part in the tests. The project would begin in July 2017 at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

OA-X may turn out to be “a more sustainable model for the future that would be less costly [and] that I could entice foreign partners and allies and coalition members to partner with us on,” U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein explained during a talk at the American Enterprise Institute in Jan. 18, 2017. He added that a proposal by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) earlier than month to buy 300 such aircraft was a “great idea.”





After McCain released his white paper and Goldfein made his comments, The War Zone’s own Tyler Rogoway wrote an in-depth analysis of the possible competitors and the potential future of such a program. At that time, the A-29 and the Scorpion seemed like the most likely contenders. The final decision is hardly surprising given that Boeing and Lockheed Martin both said they were unlikely to participate in the experiment. The decision by the smaller company IOMAX not to compete was also notable, but more on that later on.

As it stands now, Air Force testers at Holloman will be pitting two relatively similar and proven aircraft against each other, while evaluating another, totally new aircraft. The A-29, a variant of Brazilian plane maker Embraer’s EMB 314 Super Tucano, and the AT-6 Wolverine, a version of the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainer, are both low-wing, two-place monoplanes with roughly similar dimensions. A single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop, the industry standard engine for light aircraft in this class, powers both aircraft to similar cruising speeds of around 320 miles per hour without any weapons or equipment.

At just over 37 feet long and with a wingspan of 36.5 feet, the A-29 is approximately four feet longer and two feet broader than the AT-6. The Brazilian design is also 1,000 pounds heavier. The A-29 can carry missiles, bombs, rockets, gun pods, and other ordnance on five pylons, two in each wing and another under the fuselage centerline. In addition, the aircraft has a .50 caliber machine gun built into each wing. The Wolverine has six under-wing pylons, but no fixed guns. Both planes can carry a sensor turret with day- and night-vision cameras and a laser designator, along with defensive flares.

The inclusion of both types in the OA-X tests makes perfect sense. The Air Force already has a large fleet of T-6A Texan II trainers, which share many of the same components. This means that a not insignificant portion of the service’s logistics pipeline could support units with an attack variant. Certain training and maintenance expertise would translate to the new planes, too. And since 2013, the Air Force has been buying A-29s for foreign partners and training pilots from those countries to fly them.

The similarities between the two aircraft have already brought them into close competition in the past. Between 2010 and 2012, Beechcraft – now part of Textron – and the SNC-Embraer team, along with the political supporters in Congress, fought over a series of disputed contracts to supply aircraft to both the U.S. Air Force and Afghanistan’s air arm.

Despite significant “buy American”-based lobbying on behalf of Beechcraft, the SNC-Embraer offering won out to build what became the A-29. Through the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon has delivered a number of the light attack aircraft to Afghanistan and is working to send more to Lebanon. The U.S. Air Force canceled its parallel project in 2012, nominally due to budget cuts, but in no small part because of institutional reticence bordering on outright sabotage.

“SNC and Embraer will take part in the experiment with the A-29 Super Tucano, which is the only light air support (LAS) aircraft in the world with a USAF Military Type Certificate,” the companies boasted in their press release. “Partnering with Embraer, we’re proud to present the U.S.-made, combat-proven A-29 as part of this experiment,” Taco Gilbert, SNC’s senior vice president for SNC´s Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance division, added, clearly trying to get in front of any renewed objections to the aircraft’s Brazilian connection.

It’s this experience that may help explain Textron’s seemingly odd choice to submit two radically different aircraft. The Scorpion is significantly different beast from either of the turboprop entrants, being a two-seat, high-wing jet. Two Honeywell TFE731 turbofans, each generating 4,000 pounds of thrust, gives the aircraft a maximum speed of over 500 miles per hour.

With an empty weight of more than 12,000 pounds and with a wingspan of more than 47 feet, it is significantly larger than either the A-29 or the AT-6 and can carry a variety of weapons on six under-wing stores stations. More importantly, it has a retractable mount in the nose for a sensor turret, as well as an internal payload bay for additional mission systems in the center of the fuselage. This could include more sensors, advanced defensive gear, or other equipment.


According to Textron, the privately-funded design features a low-maintenance composite airframe and modular, plug-and-play avionics that can be upgraded and updated with relative ease. In August 2016, the Air Force already agreed to test the aircraft's airworthiness in a first-of-its-kind arrangement, which the Rhode Island-headquartered defense contractor hoped would encourage foreign sales. After that, it was undoubtedly an easy decision for the service to include the plane in the OA-X trials.

“This is an exciting step forward for these programs, and we are confident the Scorpion and AT-6 are exceptional platforms to fulfill the USAF’s light attack mission,” Textron said in its statement. “Both platforms offer advanced mission systems technology, affordability and adaptability. Designed, sourced and built in the United States, the Scorpion and AT-6 also offer a strong, positive economic impact aligned with the goals of the current administration.”

Noticeably absent is IOMAX’s Archangel or another aircraft in the rapidly expanding category of light attack and surveillance aircraft based on agricultural aircraft. A idea dating back to the 1980s, the North Carolina-based firm has become one of, if not the preeminent company building such aircraft. It has already sold armed aircraft to a number of countries, including Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

However, unfortunately, IOMAX is currently in the midst of a dispute with the Air Force over a separate deal to sell this type of aircraft to Kenya. The company and its supporters in Congress argue that the service steered the military aid contract to a preferred contractor, L-3, which has limited experience with converted agricultural aircraft and no history of building armed versions, without even considering any competitors.

"They were given a raw deal," representative Ted Budd (R-NC) told Fox News in March 2017. “We want to know why IOMAX was not considered."

But regardless of the participants, it’s still not clear how far the Air Force intends to proceed with OA-X in general. In 2008, a team within Air Combat Command published what became known as the OA-X Enabling Concept, a white paper that outlined the basic parameters for the aircraft in question. The next year, the command, which flies the vast majority of the Air Force’s combat aircraft, proposed a plan to buy four squadrons – at least 176 aircraft, but as many as 204 – for approximately $4.2 billion over the next six fiscal years.

The service dutifully budgeted for what it called the Light Attack / Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) project, as well as, the parallel Light Air Support (LAS) program for Afghanistan. As already noted, the service simply could not decide how to proceed or even if it wanted to do so, despite contract awards and available funding. Contract disputes and budget cuts known as sequestration were simply the final blows to what already appeared to be a doomed project. The Air Force ultimately dropped out of a partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S. Navy on a related effort, known as Combat Dragon II.

On the surface, with statements like those from General Goldfien earlier in 2017, the revived OA-X seems to have significantly more institutional support than it did in the past. The big question is whether that extends beyond simple experimentation.

“We don't think [an experiment] would cost a lot of money, and it's designed just to help us get our arms around [questions like]: What can you actually do? Does it actually contribute? Can it survive in different threat environments?” Lt. Gen. James M. "Mike" Holmes, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, told Defense News in September 2016.

The OA-X experiment will hardly be the first time the Air Force has flirted with a light attack aircraft for conflicts involving enemies with limited air defenses. If one counts both the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly and the A-29 program, the service has gone on to buy significant numbers of the resulting aircraft on exactly two occasions – and only once for itself. And its controversial history with the significantly heavier A-10 Warthog ground attack plane doesn’t necessarily inspire confidence, either. Some immediately worried the new iteration of OA-X was simply a veiled ploy to ditch those blunt-nose attackers for good.

There's always the possibility more companies will get invites, too. So, you can be sure we at The War Zone will be closely watching the OA-X trials to see what, if anything comes of them.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10289/three-planes-will-square-off-in-the-usafs-light-attack-experiment

Bad news for the useless boko haram and the ipork idiots.

fratermathy:


They still have hope in Iraq. After all, there is only a little difference between them and Iraqis in terms of fundamentalism and extremism.

Savage you are...
No chills you've got.

magoo10:
Very dumb move especially when you know those behind the boko haram menace,Nigeria is in recession yet spending such monies.boko haram enjoys the support of the people who want their own caliphate,until the govt calls for a referendum for people to choose where they want to belong there will be no peace and no weapon can crush it,the looting continues.

obailala:
Still not sure I understand how super tucano single engine WW2 planes could cost so much; the US has just ripped Nigeria off.

Trump na Confirm Bizness man nah.
lolz.
some of those Nigerian illiterate like fratermathy them don't even know what the Tucano A-29 is nor how it looks like.
all they know is that Trump sold a world war - 1 resurrected War plane
to Nigeria
Nigeria has been turn into a dumping ground.
& that's the mediocre that they are celebrating

buchilino:


A FRIENDLY ADVICE, GOOGLE D A29 AIRCRAFT, AM 100% SURE U WILL FEEL EMBARRASSED AFTER.

i'd sure have during the first time the idea of buying the plane came up n truly was dissapointed but i'd expect nothing less from the dullard of a president

Dt our airforce wey neva sabi to lock target dey bOmb idp camp instead of enemy camp...abi na deir O'clock dey no knw

FACT: White daddy's weapons increases sound of chest thumping by a magnitude of 10

obailala:
Still not sure I understand how super tucano single engine WW2 planes could cost so much; the US has just ripped Nigeria off.

The Super Tucano (made by Embraer of Brazil) made its first flight in 1999 and the US Government is currently considering buying a large number of them (they bought a few for testing a few years ago). It's obviously not a World War 2 plane.

The US Government got involved in the deal because:

1) Some of the components are made in the US

2) The US government is also planning to buy lots of light attack aircraft. Six companies, including Embraer have been competing for the contract since 2015. The US bought a handful of Super Tucanos years ago in order to test them. Embraer did not want to upset the US, who might purchase many times more aircraft than Nigeria, just because Nigeria wanted to buy a handful of aircrafts. Now there are three aircrafts competing for the contract and the Super Tucano (A-29) is still in the race.

Three Planes Will Square Off in the USAF's Light Attack Experiment

SNC-Embraer's A-29 will fly of against Textron's AT-6 and Scropion aircraft, but then what?

By Joseph TrevithickMay 15, 2017


At least three different aircraft will participant in the U.S. Air Force’s light attack experiment, commonly referred to as OA-X, according to the companies involved. All that remains to be seen is just how serious the service actually is about pursuing the concept.

On May 12, 2017, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) issued a press release on behalf of itself and its partner, Embraer Defense & Security, announcing that they would be sending their A-29 light attack aircraft to the Air Force’s evaluation. On May 15, 2017, Textron Aviation sent out a notice that its AT-6 Wolverine and Scorpion aircraft were slated to take part in the tests. The project would begin in July 2017 at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

OA-X may turn out to be “a more sustainable model for the future that would be less costly [and] that I could entice foreign partners and allies and coalition members to partner with us on,” U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein explained during a talk at the American Enterprise Institute in Jan. 18, 2017. He added that a proposal by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) earlier than month to buy 300 such aircraft was a “great idea.”





After McCain released his white paper and Goldfein made his comments, The War Zone’s own Tyler Rogoway wrote an in-depth analysis of the possible competitors and the potential future of such a program. At that time, the A-29 and the Scorpion seemed like the most likely contenders. The final decision is hardly surprising given that Boeing and Lockheed Martin both said they were unlikely to participate in the experiment. The decision by the smaller company IOMAX not to compete was also notable, but more on that later on.

As it stands now, Air Force testers at Holloman will be pitting two relatively similar and proven aircraft against each other, while evaluating another, totally new aircraft. The A-29, a variant of Brazilian plane maker Embraer’s EMB 314 Super Tucano, and the AT-6 Wolverine, a version of the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainer, are both low-wing, two-place monoplanes with roughly similar dimensions. A single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop, the industry standard engine for light aircraft in this class, powers both aircraft to similar cruising speeds of around 320 miles per hour without any weapons or equipment.

At just over 37 feet long and with a wingspan of 36.5 feet, the A-29 is approximately four feet longer and two feet broader than the AT-6. The Brazilian design is also 1,000 pounds heavier. The A-29 can carry missiles, bombs, rockets, gun pods, and other ordnance on five pylons, two in each wing and another under the fuselage centerline. In addition, the aircraft has a .50 caliber machine gun built into each wing. The Wolverine has six under-wing pylons, but no fixed guns. Both planes can carry a sensor turret with day- and night-vision cameras and a laser designator, along with defensive flares.

The inclusion of both types in the OA-X tests makes perfect sense. The Air Force already has a large fleet of T-6A Texan II trainers, which share many of the same components. This means that a not insignificant portion of the service’s logistics pipeline could support units with an attack variant. Certain training and maintenance expertise would translate to the new planes, too. And since 2013, the Air Force has been buying A-29s for foreign partners and training pilots from those countries to fly them.

The similarities between the two aircraft have already brought them into close competition in the past. Between 2010 and 2012, Beechcraft – now part of Textron – and the SNC-Embraer team, along with the political supporters in Congress, fought over a series of disputed contracts to supply aircraft to both the U.S. Air Force and Afghanistan’s air arm.

Despite significant “buy American”-based lobbying on behalf of Beechcraft, the SNC-Embraer offering won out to build what became the A-29. Through the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon has delivered a number of the light attack aircraft to Afghanistan and is working to send more to Lebanon. The U.S. Air Force canceled its parallel project in 2012, nominally due to budget cuts, but in no small part because of institutional reticence bordering on outright sabotage.

“SNC and Embraer will take part in the experiment with the A-29 Super Tucano, which is the only light air support (LAS) aircraft in the world with a USAF Military Type Certificate,” the companies boasted in their press release. “Partnering with Embraer, we’re proud to present the U.S.-made, combat-proven A-29 as part of this experiment,” Taco Gilbert, SNC’s senior vice president for SNC´s Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance division, added, clearly trying to get in front of any renewed objections to the aircraft’s Brazilian connection.

It’s this experience that may help explain Textron’s seemingly odd choice to submit two radically different aircraft. The Scorpion is significantly different beast from either of the turboprop entrants, being a two-seat, high-wing jet. Two Honeywell TFE731 turbofans, each generating 4,000 pounds of thrust, gives the aircraft a maximum speed of over 500 miles per hour.

With an empty weight of more than 12,000 pounds and with a wingspan of more than 47 feet, it is significantly larger than either the A-29 or the AT-6 and can carry a variety of weapons on six under-wing stores stations. More importantly, it has a retractable mount in the nose for a sensor turret, as well as an internal payload bay for additional mission systems in the center of the fuselage. This could include more sensors, advanced defensive gear, or other equipment.


According to Textron, the privately-funded design features a low-maintenance composite airframe and modular, plug-and-play avionics that can be upgraded and updated with relative ease. In August 2016, the Air Force already agreed to test the aircraft's airworthiness in a first-of-its-kind arrangement, which the Rhode Island-headquartered defense contractor hoped would encourage foreign sales. After that, it was undoubtedly an easy decision for the service to include the plane in the OA-X trials.

“This is an exciting step forward for these programs, and we are confident the Scorpion and AT-6 are exceptional platforms to fulfill the USAF’s light attack mission,” Textron said in its statement. “Both platforms offer advanced mission systems technology, affordability and adaptability. Designed, sourced and built in the United States, the Scorpion and AT-6 also offer a strong, positive economic impact aligned with the goals of the current administration.”

Noticeably absent is IOMAX’s Archangel or another aircraft in the rapidly expanding category of light attack and surveillance aircraft based on agricultural aircraft. A idea dating back to the 1980s, the North Carolina-based firm has become one of, if not the preeminent company building such aircraft. It has already sold armed aircraft to a number of countries, including Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

However, unfortunately, IOMAX is currently in the midst of a dispute with the Air Force over a separate deal to sell this type of aircraft to Kenya. The company and its supporters in Congress argue that the service steered the military aid contract to a preferred contractor, L-3, which has limited experience with converted agricultural aircraft and no history of building armed versions, without even considering any competitors.

"They were given a raw deal," representative Ted Budd (R-NC) told Fox News in March 2017. “We want to know why IOMAX was not considered."

But regardless of the participants, it’s still not clear how far the Air Force intends to proceed with OA-X in general. In 2008, a team within Air Combat Command published what became known as the OA-X Enabling Concept, a white paper that outlined the basic parameters for the aircraft in question. The next year, the command, which flies the vast majority of the Air Force’s combat aircraft, proposed a plan to buy four squadrons – at least 176 aircraft, but as many as 204 – for approximately $4.2 billion over the next six fiscal years.

The service dutifully budgeted for what it called the Light Attack / Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) project, as well as, the parallel Light Air Support (LAS) program for Afghanistan. As already noted, the service simply could not decide how to proceed or even if it wanted to do so, despite contract awards and available funding. Contract disputes and budget cuts known as sequestration were simply the final blows to what already appeared to be a doomed project. The Air Force ultimately dropped out of a partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S. Navy on a related effort, known as Combat Dragon II.

On the surface, with statements like those from General Goldfien earlier in 2017, the revived OA-X seems to have significantly more institutional support than it did in the past. The big question is whether that extends beyond simple experimentation.

“We don't think [an experiment] would cost a lot of money, and it's designed just to help us get our arms around [questions like]: What can you actually do? Does it actually contribute? Can it survive in different threat environments?” Lt. Gen. James M. "Mike" Holmes, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, told Defense News in September 2016.

The OA-X experiment will hardly be the first time the Air Force has flirted with a light attack aircraft for conflicts involving enemies with limited air defenses. If one counts both the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly and the A-29 program, the service has gone on to buy significant numbers of the resulting aircraft on exactly two occasions – and only once for itself. And its controversial history with the significantly heavier A-10 Warthog ground attack plane doesn’t necessarily inspire confidence, either. Some immediately worried the new iteration of OA-X was simply a veiled ploy to ditch those blunt-nose attackers for good.

There's always the possibility more companies will get invites, too. So, you can be sure we at The War Zone will be closely watching the OA-X trials to see what, if anything comes of them.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10289/three-planes-will-square-off-in-the-usafs-light-attack-experiment

heendrix:


i'd sure have during the first time the idea of buying the plane came up n truly was dissapointed but i'd expect nothing less from the dullard of a president

LOL

fratermathy:
I thought IPOB youths said this was impossible.? They said Donald Trump, the Otagburuagu of Biafra, can't sell weapons to Nigeria as punishment for the army's "unjust killing of IPOB protesters".

Well... It seems to me that Trump has turned his back on them even after they voted massively for him in Aba and Nnewi.

How dare you
Do you know how many F17 fighter jets nnambi is receiving from israel as we speak?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! us will kill somebodyooooooooo. This is wwhat i called day light rape in business or is the guy in charge not really telling us exactly how much the plane cost. If government can cough that much to buy that useless Tucano i giveup for this country we are doom.


For your Businesss idea, and management,
job-tips, available loans and important of
insurance check
my signature.

I trust my people with ineffective maintenance culture Rustification loading

Terrorism u guys are talking about,is it Boko Haram or Armless IPOB?

ipob youths go cry tire today

texazzpete:


This sale was approved by Obama before he left

Interesting what made Obama change his mind on weapons dealing to Nigeria.

mynd1:
Good!

we will use it to crush Boko haram and Ipob terrorists

God bless Mr president

God bless Nigeria


Ipod terrorist be warn.......

God punish you there,Arewa prostitute,go and get laid

naptu2:


The Super Tucano (made by Embraer of Brazil) made its first flight in 1999 and the US Government is currently considering buying a large number of them (they bought a few for testing a few years ago). It's obviously not a World War 2 plane.

The US Government got involved in the deal because:

1) Some of the components are made in the US

2) The US government is also planning to buy lots of light attack aircraft. Six companies, including Embraer have been competing for the contract since 2015. The US bought a handful of Super Tucanos years ago in order to test them. Embraer did not want to upset the US, who might purchase many times more aircraft than Nigeria, just because Nigeria wanted to buy a handful of aircrafts. Now there are three aircrafts competing for the contract and the Super Tucano (A-29) is still in the race.



http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10289/three-planes-will-square-off-in-the-usafs-light-attack-experiment

YEah but you will agree with me that at about $50million dollar per piece, that's an immoral and diabolic rip-off. And I wouldn't want to believe it's the Nigerian Air force inflating the prices (for the usual sinister purposes); this particular transaction has been reported in even foreign media.

While people are dying of hunger.

Ipods won't like this song.....

Blue3k:


Interesting what made Obama change his mind on weapons dealing to Nigeria.

Because GEJ government is not sincere in the fight against boko haram. He is busy fighting his political opposition.

Fighting boko haram is not his priority, he was focusing on 2015 election. and that is why $2.1 billion abacha loot return to Nigeeia was diverted for 2015 election.

With this US can never sell to Nigeria

geunik:


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2017/08/29/boko-haram-us-finally-sells-n181bn-warplanes-weapons-nigeria/amp/

WHAT A TOTAL COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY



A turbo prop aircraft with very limited protection that is slower than a WW2 Spitfire.

In a warzone with anti aircraft guns readily available. I don't what they are thinking.

Meanwhile combatants running around in the kill zone in soft skinned pick-up trucks. Then we spend $600 million on 12 turboprop aircraft, the adage penny wise and very £££££ foolish comes to mind.

So one rocket launch on this jet nao.. 181 billion naira don go be that .. Chai

According to Reuters, the Pentagon communicated the sale of the 12 ground attack aircraft valued at $593m (N181bn) to the US Congress on Monday.

A unit cost $14million. The $593 should have bought us at least 30units if we take count for accessories.

This does not match-up.

Both government are not telling us the truth.

Meanwhile, it going to cost $500/hour to run A unit.

Operating cost:
500*12 = 6000$ / hour = 144,000$(51million naira) per day!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nigeria-arms-factbox-idUSKCN0XX09U

The sale was an Obama administration May 2016 proposal, that just got approved by the US State Department recently. It is not a Trump initiated deal. The cost is $10 million each for 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircrafts i.e. $120 million. Besides the 12 light aircraft, the weapons package also includes training, munitions, related equipment and maintenance support totaling $593 million.

These Brazilian aircrafts are manufactured in Florida, USA. But before we start celebrating or criticizing, the sale may face resistance in the US Congress which is still very concerned about selling military gear to Nigeria. Congress has been given 30 days to either approve or block the sale.

So nothing has been concluded yet!

All i have to say is this

geunik:


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2017/08/29/boko-haram-us-finally-sells-n181bn-warplanes-weapons-nigeria/amp/

WRONG PICTURE
I suggest u remove that supersonic jet u posted cos that is not the plane. US will never sell that supersonic jet to naija, so abeg use the right picture

Most people are sentimental b*gots. You can't even read the article and you are here talking trash. The report said it's to fight Boko Haram terrorists in the North.. Biafra or IPOB is never mentioned as a terrorist group. May sense fall on you all.

mynd1:
Good!

we will use it to crush Boko haram and Ipob terrorists

God bless Mr president

God bless Nigeria


Ipod terrorist be warn.......

Dont' give the Nigerian Army the opportunity to use you and your community to test the new weapons. Those who have ears, let them hear.

See the pics here

https://www.google.com.ng/search?q=A-29+Super+Tucano+aircraft&safe=off&client=ms-android-sonymobile&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil1sT68vzVAhUJEVAKHVJ5C-YQ_AUICygB&biw=360&bih=522&dpr=1.5