The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has announced that it will soon acquire 10 super mesh training aircraft from the Pakistani Air Force.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of Student Pilot Course, SPC 41B in Kaduna.
He said that the aircraft when acquired would be inducted into the 301 Flying Training School, Kaduna.
Abubakar said that Pakistani pilots are expected in the country to train Nigerian pilots at the 310 Flying Training School, adding that the induction of the super mesh aircraft would help the student pilots to the full spectrum of military flying training.
He said that 20 out of 42 pilots recently left Nigeria for further training abroad.
He explained that of the 20 pilots, 10 were sent to South Africa while the remaining 10 went to the United Kingdom.
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