U.S. Air Force ID’s Nigeria As First AERONet Operator

An AT-6E equipped with AERONet taxis at Moody Air Force Base.
Credit: US Air Force
The Nigerian military has emerged as the first confirmed buyer of the commercially encrypted data link developed by the U.S. Air Force, newly released acquisition documents say. Nigeria signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network (AERONet) Tactical...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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