NAF wants quick delivery of A-29 Super Tucano aircrafts

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has appealed to the manufacturers of the A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft, to expedite action on its delivery to Nigeria.

Abubakar said this when Mr. Taco Gilbert, the Senior Vice – President of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), manufacturers of the aircraft visited him in Abuja.

The air force chief said a quick delivery of the aircrafts would enhance the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) operational capability for the swift conclusion of the counter-insurgency operations in the North-East.

He commended the visiting delegation which included officials from the Office of Security Cooperation of the United States Embassy in Nigeria.