President Buhari will on 28 January, at the Eagle Square, Abuja, induct the 2 newly acquired Agusta 109 Power helicopters into the Nigerian Air Force.
The aircrafts were inspected by Chief of Air Staff after their re-assmbly at 307 Executive Airlift Group at NAF.
Besides these, 15 additional aircraft have been ordered by FG, which include 12 Super Tucano attack aircraft. In addition, the service also took over 11 aircraft from other MDAs.
These include 3 EC-135 helicopters and 3 Dauphin helicopters from NNPC, 3 Donier 228 aircraft and 2 Augusta 101 from the Presidential Air Fleet(PAF); making an unprecedented total of 47 aircraft that have either been inducted into the NAF or ordered for the Service since 2015.
In the same vein, over 20 previously grounded aircraft have been reactivated within the past 5 years.
After induction, the 2 new helicopters will be deployed to theatres of operation across the country to reinforce NAF capability in the fight against insurgency and other forms of criminality.
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