Nigeria buys F-7 fighters from CHINA

The first batch of Chinese made F-7 fighters purchased by the Nigeria Airforce is due to arrive the country early next year, Daily Trust learnt in Abuja yesterday.

A source in the Nigeria Airforce (NAF), who spoke exclusively to Daily Trust, said that already, the Airforce and the manufacturers of the fighter aircraft in China are fine tuning the process of acquisition of the F-7s. Daily Trust also learnt that some Nigeria Airforce pilots will soon be sent to China for training on the F-7 fighter plane.

The source did not reveal the number of fighter planes expected, as he said the Russian made Mig 21 jets which have been used by the NAF for decades are now being completely phased out, hence the need for the Chinese made jets.
"We are expecting the first batch of F-7 fighter planes from China in the early quarters of 2009. We can not say how many they are going to be, but we expect them to be about ten in number," the source revealed.

12 WERE ORDERED and the first batch was delivered in mid- 2009,this is what the fighters look like below. .
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The F-7/J-7 is an upgraded version of the Soviet MiG-21 interceptor, with modernized avionics and weapons and a slight cranked-wing configuration.

FRISKING A SOMALI IN 1993

m1-24v helicopter gunship

DELIVERED in Q3, 2009
TWO BRAND NEW ATR-42MP SURVEYOR RADAR PLANES

JTF soldier mans his gun on a Malaysian-built gunboat in the creeks of the Niger Delta.