Nigeria Inducts JF-17 Thunder Fighters As It Upgrades Air Force

Tony Osborne May 21, 2021
JF-17 Thunder
Credit: wikipedia
LONDON—The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inducted the JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft into its fleet as part of an ongoing modernization. Nigeria ordered three of the Sino-Pakistani fighters in 2018 to strengthen its air combat capability in the face of an ongoing insurgency in the north of the country...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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