When a visibly upset Senator Michael Nnachi queried the long duration of delivery of the A-29.. why its taking almost 4 years, Col Ford said its due to the challenges of configuring the A-29 to fit NAF’s required specifications.
This has to be the LIE of the month
This has to be the LIE of the month
In October 2020 all A-29 Super Tucano aircraft ordered by the Philippine Air Force in 2018 officially handed over. The aircraft will be deployed for close air support, light attack, surveillance, COIN. Exactly same mission requirement of the NAF.
September 2020. Aghanistan received an additional four A-29s from the same Sierra Nevada Corporation. In February A-STAN received a further SIX Super Tucanos. Bringing to 23 the total now fielded by the Afghan Air Force.
MALI
Mali has been operating Tucanos for years now.
Mali has been operating Tucanos for years now.
In Nigeria's case its taken half a decade to aquire a platform that is attractive to fiscally conservative countries because of its simplicity and ease of maintenance. The Super Tucano is not a complex aircraft that requries five years of configuration. They are delaying
..in the event there are human rights violations again. Remember the A-29 were due for delivery November 2020. The Air Chief said it himself. It was official.
The Delivery date was conspicuously postponed in the midst of the EndSars debacle.
The Delivery date was conspicuously postponed in the midst of the EndSars debacle.
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