The Nigerian Air Force said on Friday that it
had received five trainer Super Mushshak aircraft from Pakistan.
It said the aircraft would aid the training of
pilots for anti-insurgency war and other operations.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and
Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, while confirming the
development, said NAF had taken delivery of the first batch of five out of 10
aircraft being expected from Pakistan.
He said, “The first batch of the trainer
aircraft, which is for the primary flying training of NAF pilots at 401 Flying
Training School, Kaduna, was received on arrival by the Air Officer Commanding,
Air Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Chris Okoye.
“It would be recalled that NAF inducted the
Super Mushshak aircraft into the NAF inventory on December 5, 2016. Since then,
the in-house training of NAF pilots had resumed in earnest. With the arrival of
the first batch of the trainer aircraft, the local training of NAF student
pilots will receive a boost at a much-reduced cost. The new aircraft will soon
be inducted into service after assembly and successful test flights.”
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