Federal Government of Nigeria has taken delivery of the final batch of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets expected from the United States.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Federal Government affirmed this on Monday when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed featured on a phone-in programme of TV Continental, “This Morning.’’
He said, “All the 12 Super Tucano fighter jets have been received. As at this morning, all the 12 were here and they have been deployed to the North-East.
“We can see that the Tucano jets are actually game changer.
“Most of the successes we have recorded in recent time is because of the acquisition of the new platforms, not limited to the super Tucano.”
The Nigerian Air Force on July 22 took delivery of the first batch of six of the aircraft from the United States.
Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who made the announcement, said the aircraft arrived in Kano.
