Aircraft
First Super Tucano Light Attackers Delivered to Nigeria
The light attack aircraft are being procured as part of a build-up of attack assets to counter extremist forces in the north of the country.
One of Nigeria’s first batch of Super Tucanos displays the “jungle” camouflage in which two of the first six were delivered. (Photo: Sierra Nevada Corporation)
One of Nigeria’s first batch of Super Tucanos displays the “jungle” camouflage in which two of the first six were delivered. (Photo: Sierra Nevada Corporation)

A first batch of six Embraer/Sierra Nevada A-29 Super Tucano training aircraft left the U.S. on July 14 on their delivery flight to Nigeria. The journey involved stops in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Algeria. The type will be formally inducted into Nigerian Air Force (NAF) service at a ceremony to be held in August.


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