Armée Nigériane / Nigerian Armed Forces

C'est ca qu'il nous faut

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 Scramble Magazine

Second batch of AW109E helicopters delivered to Nigeria

On 15 January 2020, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) boosted its strength by receiving the second batch of two new AgustaWestland AW109E Power helicopters. The two desert camouflaged AW109Es, serials NAF578 (c/n 11846) and NAF579 (c/n 11847), with associated equipment and spares, arrived at Abuja/Nnamdi Azikiwe Int. (Nigeria) on board a Cargolux Airline Boeing 747-400F arriving from Milan/Malpensa Int. (Italy).

The first batch of AW109E Power helicopters, serials NAF576 (c/n 11844) and NAF577 (c/n 11845), was inducted into NAF service on 29 April 2019.

To complete the overview of AW109s within the NAF: the first AW109E delivered, grey coloured NAF570 (c/n 11767), was written off during a crash in mid-November 2019. Next to that, Nigeria has a complement of five AW109LUHs in its inventory: serials NAF571 until NAF575.

Photo credits: Nigerian Air Force




 

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 Scramble Magazine

The Nigerian Air Force boosts Air Power capability against insurgency

On 21 March 2020, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reactivated and commissioned another Alpha Jet after its Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM). The commissioning of an additional Alpha Jet, with serial number NAF455, took place at the Kainji's 407 Air Combat Training Group (407 ACTG) overhaul depot.

Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, expressed his satisfaction with the conduct of the PDM with avionics upgrade. It was also stated that the reactivation of NAF455 would go a long way in boosting the morale of troops on the frontlines and better equip the NAF in its drive to sustain the offensive initiative against the terrorists and insurgents. According to Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the in-house PDM, apart from being cost-effective when compared to the overseas option, would also provide NAF technicians the opportunity to build better technical capacities.

Kainji Air Base, located near the city of New Bussa, is named after the Kainji Lake which is situated nearby. Some five more Alpha Jets, apparently awaiting PDM, were observed in Kainji's main hangar during the commissioning ceremony.

Strikingly, Alpha Jet NAF455 (former Luftwaffe 98+47), which flew during the ceremony (with a female pilot), was provided with a new blue-blue colour scheme. Originally delivered to the NAF in 1982, NAF455 was normallly seen in grey maritime c/s.

Scramble processed fourteen active Nigerian Alpha Jets in its database (NAF450, 452, 453, 454, 455, 461, 465, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478). Any updates are welcome. The aircraft are based at Lagos/Murtala Muhammed and assigned to the 99 Air Weapons School/ 909 Tactical Fighter Training Wing and at Port Harcourt with the 97 Special Operations Group/ 206 Wing.

Photo credit: Nigerian Air Force

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Nigeria receives VT4 main battle tanks from China

by Dylan Malyasov — 10:31 (GMT+0000) April 9, 2020



The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of a shipment of military vehicles from the China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO).

According to local sources, NORINCO delivered the first of 17 military vehicles compromising of VT4 main battle tanks, SH5 105mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers and ST1 tank destroys.

Taking delivery of the armaments Wednesday, Army’s Chief of Policy and Plans (CPPLANS) Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun said Nigerians should expect more robust operations to put behind the menace of insecurity including Boko Haram, banditry and others, according to thisdaylive.com.

He said the weapons were acquired through the Ministry of Defence, adding that adequate preparations were made for maintenance and availability of spare parts.

Adeosun said: “The process of acquiring this has been on for some time but thank God they are coming in now.

“From this, you can see how serious the Federal Government of Nigeria is in making sure that the Nigerian Army is not only equipped ,but contains problem of insecurity we are having across the country.

“This is being tackled with trained personnel and required equipment. What you are seeing here is just a tip of the iceberg. Others are still coming but it is very important that we all see that both the military and the government are really very serious to tackle the security problems across the nation.”

Asked where the armaments were acquired from, Adeosun said they were brand new weapons from China, adding “they are in different categories- heavy tanks, light tanks and we also have two types of artillery weapons, all from China. They have the latest technology in tanks and armament.

“The first set of 15 40-foot containers that were offloaded before today were made up of spareparts and accessories of all these equipment.

“So, those ones are already out of the port and on their way to their destinations. Just as we are here, most of these ones will move to their respective destinations as well.

“Those who will operate them have been trained in China. If not for the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19, we expected some of their trainers to join us here to train more people.

“From the army, expect more robust operation to put behind us the menace of insecurity, that of Boko Haram, bandits among others.”

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Pleasant surprise. Nigerian army recently took delivery of a first batch of 17 vehicles compromising of VT-4 MBT, SH 5 self propelled howitzer and apparently ST1 tank destroys. pic.twitter.com/YCJZNmfeas

— Jake (@Jakepor21) April 9, 2020

https://defence-blog.com/army/nigeria-receives-vt4-main-battle-tanks-from-china.html

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Monday, April 13, 2020

Nigeria buys Chinese Armor...




This is interesting.  When did the Chinese come up with a JLTV type artillery system? New to me....




Nigeria seems also buy Type 11 ZTL 105mm pic.twitter.com/ABcQWcR6FI
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) April 12, 2020

https://www.snafu-solomon.com/2020/04/nigeria-buys-chinese-armor.html  

Je serai curieux de voir la manière dont ils vont employer tout ça et l'efficacité qui en résultera.

Contrat de 150M$ ça doit faire max 30 à 50 char.

L'armée nigériane c'est 0, à l'image du pays une gestion catastrophique. Au point ou c'est les pauvres mais vaillants tchadiens et aussi les camerounais qui viennent faire le ménage contre boko haram, une secte qui se nourrit de l'incompétence de gouvernement nigérian sur tout les plans.

Les amis de l'Algérie, que veux tu

Réception d'un deuxième Mi-35 Hind pour l'armée Nigériane, sur un total de 10 commandés.

super couleurs hhhhh

Oui jaune pipi comme ceux de l'AAF, ce camouflage est juste horrible.

Le pire c'est le bleue en bas, vraiment des goût de 3robi..

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Modern African Bushwars

Nigerian Airforce Tucano.





 

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Aerosonde UAS sells to Africa

Gareth Jennings, London - Jane's Defence Weekly

11 May 2020


The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted AAI Corporation to deliver its Aerosonde Mk 4.7 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to two African nations.


The Aerosonde Mk 4.7 unmanned aircraft will soon be joining the armed forces of both Nigeria and Uganda, under contracts announced by
the US DoD on 8 May. (AAI Corporation)

The contracts for AAI Corporation (doing business as Textron Systems), both announced on 8 May, cover three UASs for Nigeria and two for Uganda, and are valued at USD25.6 million and USD20.8 million respectively.

Both awards include spares, support, training, and other equipment and services. The award for Nigeria runs through to 30 September 2021, while Uganda’s expires the following year on 30 September 2022.

As noted in Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft: Unmanned (JUAV), the Aerosonde Mk 4.7 UAS is a tactical system, development of which was first launched in the early 1990s.

It is a single-piston-engined platform capable of flying multimission payloads and can be outfitted with electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) cameras, laser sensors, ’intelligence’ payloads, communications relay equipment, mapping and survey sensors, and an automatic identification system for maritime ship tracking, among others.
   

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Nigerian forces Receive 3 Upgraded L-39ZA Jets
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 02:13 PM, May 13, 2020

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Aero L-39 Albatros (image via Twitter)


The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has received three upgraded L-39ZA light ground-attack aircraft and is expected to get three more soon.

“NAF Counter-terror operation: Aero Vodochody recently returned three L-39ZAs back into the air that are now doing a great job against Boko Haram. The company will return three more L-39ZAs and upgrade the old analogue cockpit with a new GenesyS system,” Military Africa tweeted on May 13.

L-39ZA aircraft:

Czechoslovakia-based Aero Verochody designed the L-39 jet in the 1960s. In 1977, significantly upgraded L-39ZO-variant for armed training and light attack, the L-39ZA, made its maiden flight. It has four underwing hardpoints for ground attack stores and an underfuselage gun pod. The jet employs sturdy landing gear and a payload of total 1,290 kg. There is provision for a GSh-23L 23-millimeter twin-barreled cannon attached in a conformal pod under the pilots' compartment, having a 150-round magazine within the airframe. Outer pylons wired to carry K-13 or R-60 air-to-air missiles.

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/26973/Nigerian_forces_Receive_3_Upgraded_L_39ZA_Jets#.XrxdLaYw_IU

un pays pétrolier vous dites ?!

Un pays ou la corruption fait rage et dont une minorité a accès aux richesses du pays.

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Nigerian JF-17 jets Commence User Testing in Pakistan
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 06:44 AM, May 16, 2020
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Nigerian Pilots in JF-17 fighter jets at PAC plant


User testing of the three JF-17 Block II fighter jets is underway with Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots testing the aircraft in the Pakistan Aeronautics Complex (PAC).

The first of the NAF’s JF-17 Block II Thunder multi-role fighters with the serial number 2P 60 has been photographed on the ground with NAF pilots in them. Another image shows the three aircraft bearing serial numbers 2P 60, 61 and 62 parked alongside a Pakistani air force JF-17. A third image shows the JF-17 2p 60 jet in flight. The images were posted by a Nigerian defence blog on its twitter account and credited to NAF pilots.

Nigeria had inked a contract to purchase three JF-17 Block II fighter jets and the deal was formally set in motion in March 2019 when the Pakistani government's Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved a $184.3 million sovereign guarantee covering the delivery of three PAC/CAC JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to the Nigerian Air Force.

Delivery of the aircraft to the NAF is scheduled for November this year, its Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar had announced in March while addressing a passing out parade at the NAF Academy in Kaduna.

The Nigerian JF-17 Block II’s price tag of approximately $60 million each indicate an aircraft with an array of weapons including air-to-air and air-to-ground aircraft and guided. The bare-bones price tag of a JF-17 is expected as US$40 million.

The NAF is expected to push the aircraft into the thick of battle against Boko Haram terrorists (BHT). The air –to –ground capability of the JF-17 will be tested in terms of pin-point strikes against the BHT. The Block-II is capable of precision-strike through satellite-guided and laser-guided bombs.


JF-17 fighter jet in Nigerian Air Force colors caught in flight

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/26995/Nigerian_JF_17_jets_Commence_User_Testing_in_Pakistan#.XsBCuqYw_IU

Des vedettes Rapides vietnamiens récemment achetées par le Nigeria :

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New photo of the A-29 Super Tucano for the Nigerian Air Force – Aircraft delivery is scheduled in 2021  



Proud to share new photos of the A-29 Super Tucano for @NigAirForce – Aircraft delivery to Nigeria is scheduled in 2021 #CombatProven #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/xiRyKJtIKG
— A-29 Super Tucano (@A29SuperTucano) May 28, 2020

https://www.snafu-solomon.com/2020/05/new-photo-of-a-29-super-tucano-for.html  

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Nigerian Navy could take delivery of more FPB 72 patrol boats produced by OCEA

May News 2020 Navy Naval Maritime Defense Industry
Posted On  Monday, 01 June 2020 09:01


According to a Tweet released on May 30, 2020, by DefenseNigeria Twitter account, the Nigerian Navy will take delivery of more FPB 72 coastal patrol boats designed and produced by the French Company OCEA. In December 2019, the French company has announced a contract for the delivery of new 24 m Fast Patrol Boat type OCEA FPB 72 MKII to the Nigerian Navy.
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Nigerian Navy could take delivery of more FPB 72 patrol boats produced by OCEA 925 001OCEA FPB 72 light patrol boat. (Picture source Twitter
account Defense Nigeria)

The OCEA FPB 72 is a light patrol boat that has a length of 24 meters and has a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). It can be armed with machine guns or an automatic cannon.

The FPB 72 has a mono-hull design offering high-durability and superior performance. The hull and superstructure of the vessel are made of aluminum.

The FPB 72 is propelled by two 2000 M72 MTU diesel engines, which offer a maximum power output of 2,000 kW each. The engines are coupled to fixed pitch propellers. The auxiliary power requirements of the vessel are served by onboard generator sets.

The front deck of the Nigerian Navy FPB 72 light patrol boat seems to be fitted with an unmanned turret weapon system armed with one 20mm automatic cannon.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/may-2020/8505-nigerian-navy-could-take-delivery-of-more-fpb-72-patrol-boats-produced-by-ocea.html

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Bell 412

... avec pod BO-105


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