News: Nigeria Orders 7 more JF17s

[ghazi52]

 

[KaiserX]

Nigeria is a huge country. Should be able to easily buy 50+ jf-17s eventually over time.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

boko haram will be boko halal soon

 

[Asian.Century]

Wow! Big News for Pakistanis.

Order of 7 means more confidence, more money, more reliability on PAF/China air platforms.
Has the news really been confirmed officially?

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Maybe that is one of the reasons PAF ordered 30 blk3s for now to cater for export orders? @Bilal Khan (Quwa)

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

Great news if true, Nigeria needs at least 2 squadrons to keep air threat at Boko Haram live 24/7.
What would be nice to know is the weapons package they chose. Hopefully PAF can cash in on some weapons like H2 and other guided munitions that are produced locally.

The SOWs will likely be a choice of CM-400AKG, C-802, IREK, and LGBs paired to ASELPOD.

That is basically the sum of the SOW integration work the PAF did onto the JF-17 to-date.

There are a lot of optional weapons that may work (e.g., YJ-9E, LD-10, GB6, etc), but I don't know if they've been tested and qualified on the JF-17 yet. Still, the current package is pretty good. You get a varied anti-ship capability (i,e., a cruising missile in the C-802 and a quasi-ALBM in the CM-400AKG), IREK can work with MK82 and MK83 at least (potentially MK84 for heavy-hitting), and the ASELPOD and LGB pairing is standard-fare.

That said, an Azeri JF-17 order could open the door to SOM ALCM integration.

 

[Dil Pakistan]

(10028) Nigerian JF17 Thunder in Action | Nigeria JF17 Block 2 in Action - YouTube

 

[khanasifm]

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Dual racks ? For aam

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Congrats to Nigeria

 

[wali87]

So happy for our Nigerian friends. May the friendship of our country extend and solidify with the passing years.

 

[khanasifm]

Is this reporter Mona khan same who visited and reported from pac last December when three Nigerian and 14 dual seaters were show cases and delivered for the year 2020 ?

 

[HRK]

Is this reporter Mona khan same who visited and reported from pac last December when three Nigerian and 14 dual seaters were show cases and delivered for the year 2020 ?

yes she was also there [click here]

 

[khanasifm]

The NAF has decided to induct the JF-17 in stages, as it does not have the wherewithal to support a full squadron strength all of a sudden. More aircraft are to be inducted in the coming months,” Tufail said.

Pakistan delivers JF-17 fighters to Nigerian Air Force

This marks the latest development in the Pakistan Air Force’s involvement in the Nigerian Air Force’s modernization program.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Nigeria’s top military commander dies in plane crash
21 May, 2021 22:05 / Updated 4 hours ago
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FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, is seen in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on January 31, 2021. © AFP / Audu Marte

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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a plane crash near the town of Kaduna, north of the Nigerian capital of Abuja.
The Nigerian Air Force confirmed that one of its planes crashed near the Kaduna International Airport late on Friday. Attahiru was among the eight people on the aircraft, which was carrying a group of high-ranking military commanders to the town of Kaduna, some 180 kilometers north of Abuja.

 

[ghazi52]

PAF Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan speaks with Nigerian Air Force pilots officers in front of JF-17B aircraft on December 30, 2020. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi)