The Nigerian Air Force, NAF has successfully test run its third locally reconfigured Alpha Jet aircraft which was acquired without weapons delivery capability.
NAF spokesman Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said in a statement that the air force, at the heat of the Boko Haram insurgency, had acquired three Alpha Jet aircraft from private sources in the USA without combat capability.
He said that unsuccessful attempts to use foreign agents to reconfigure the aircraft forced NAF to look inward.
“The challenge led the NAF to look inward for solution locally by assembling a team of engineers and technicians designated NAF “Technical Response Team (TRT)” comprising serving and retired NAF personnel, and civilians.
“The team, has since its inauguration, achieved tremendous successes that have greatly enhanced the operational capability of the NAF, especially with respect to the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, as well as saved huge foreign exchange for the nation.
“One other major feat achieved with the latest reconfigured aircraft is its ability to fire rockets and bombs from both the East and West blocks,“ he said.
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