LTGEN:
I rarely respond to ignorant posts about NAF AND Accidents
The UK DEFENCE JOURNAL has just announced that the ultra modern 5th GEN F35B has just witnessed its first accident
the pilot ejected in SOUTH CAROLINA , USA no reports on his status. We pray for him him just like we pray for all NAF Pilots and we wait for a full investigation before we speculate ...... because it is the sensible thing to do. I love this boss tell them o! Bunch of illitrates!!!!
ukdefencejournal.org.uk

61mech:
They're not going to be bombing Dresden dude.

You don't need 3.5tons payload to plink landcruisers. That's why the general trend in PGM's is that they're getting smaller. Mokopa only weighs in at about 50kg. If you need to drop tonnage your not going to call in these aircraft.

Paramount designed this aircraft from the ground up for that payload. They seem to be pretty competent in designing products for a particular sweet spot in the market and I'm sure they did their homework by talking to potential customers 1st.

If you look at bombed up tucanos etc. the loadout is pretty much the same. 2 PGM's and some Hydra's. The amount of hardpoints counts more than weight.
I agree about the Air Tractor being superior to both though. I would not want to be a bad guy driving around in a pickup with that thing overhead.

Whether Mwari will sell or not remains to be seen. What we do know is that they have launch customers and are going into production. They are also significantly cheaper than the competition.
The biggest problem with selling all 3 of these planes are the availability of the Pratt & Whitney PT-6. Nowadays you just can't predict who's going to be in the US congress 2-4 years down the line. The type of wars these aircraft tend to get involved in typically gets pretty "messy" by nature and it only takes a couple of members of congress to shut down your spares supply. It would be a valuable selling point to have an alternate engine option. Same goes for integrating a large variety of weapons. A open architecture and a mix of Turkish, Chinese, Russian,Israeli and SA systems would have you well covered.

It was taken out of service just as a whole new menu of modern precision weapons and targeting systems were being developed, [b]many of which were perfectly suited for the OV-10 and its original vision.[

kikuyu1:

Imo,what we ALL need is a new twin engine attack turbo. Remember the Pucara and OV 10? The latter especially should've been redesigned with todays tech but it wasn't to be. Tbh,their payloads were def on the low side with the former maxing out at 1.5 t and the latter at 2.0 t.

/b]
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-amazing-ov-10-bronco-was-never-allowed-to-meet-its-1695837367

Btw,its still culling Abu Sayyaf in Marawi!

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/873553069509926912

Ideally,DENEL or Paramount would buy the rights and licence build improved versions with bigger engines carrying at least 5 t of ordnance for below 12 mn$. IIRC,nemesis8u,had the idea of a similar platform armed solely with a centre mounted 180 degree movable heavy cannon,23 mm or even 30 mm able to shoot all angles, forward even backward,equipped with recoil dampeners.
To me it makes more sense than the Sara-but what do I know!

Henry240:

At the time of the procurement in 2003, the Air Force was coming in from a state of camatose. Most of the officers had not flown in proper fighter jets in over 10 years since the Jags were abandoned due to sanctions.

I felt that the purchase of the F-7s made sense. Our MB-339s are stuck in Italy were they had been sent for upgrades. World Bank sanctions and those of our other creditors prevented us from purchasing Western aircrafts. We could also not buy from Russia as they couldn't provide financing.

The Chinese were the only logical choice, the F-7 was the only fighter we could get from them. Given our position, we really didn't have many choices, in fact we only had 1.

The Nigerian Air Force under the last 12 months has flown 30,000 combat hours. Yes, our Air Force is small, but the attrition rate is well below acceptable standards. We won't feel it if we had a larger Air Force.

The A-29 would be an important addition to the force, but with the loss of the F-7s, it means we would need the JF-17 as soon as we can.

DDGN:


LMFAO.....this guy. Ain't no shame in admiting those at the helm of affairs bleeped up. You need to stop making excuses for criminals.

61mech:
I'd go further and make a copy of the OV-10 with a bolt-on centre fuselage.
That way you can configure it for any possible mission by swapping it out.
UAV/UCAV, CION, air-air refueling, maritime, cargo etc.

It would certainly be a better seller than SARA

Here's a old vid of OV-10 with a trainable 20mm gatling gun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF18HJWnUk8

Henry240:

If i talk now, you'll rush and delete your username again.

DDGN:


SORRY BRO., just don't want you to fall for the scam the AF brass are pulling. You would easily mistake the AF for the Army with the endless counter insurgency banter. Boko Haram is no match for the AF. No air cap, no credible air defense cap...how is Boko Haram a challenge? Sad truth is there are not enough platforms. All for geopolitical zones have security issues...The air force is stretched to breaking point.

SuperSixOne:
RIP. The fact that some eyewitnesses report that the parachute of one pilot did not open is horrific. Chinese engineering at its best, again!

The last of the FT-7NI two-seater is down now and it is known that this model is not in production anymore. This could mean the end to the F7 era in the NAF. The aqusition of the F7 was an unlucky decision by the NAF, we should have better invested in Trainer Aircraft with modern avionics like Hawk or L-159 and then move on to advanced Figher-Jets. Resulting in a dead-end-failture we might be pushed back to square-one again. At least the A-29 Tucanos are on the horizont for the NAF to provide a solid layer for flight-training and strike missions.

Henry240:
Although i think the Ahrlac looks like a potato


It's not a bad aircraft at all for border patrol, maritime patrol and COIN operations.

It's an Air Craft the Nigerian navy and Immigration should consider.

Henry240:
Extremely low past tribute of a Nigerian Air Force Tiger pilot in an F-7NI in honour of Squadron leader Baba Ari who tragically lost his life in the F-7 crash.


https://mobile.twitter.com/ummysarham/status/1046133316733276160/video/1

Sizzorkay:
So you wanna blame the Chinese for this? Without even having all the info
Maintenance is also important, if every aspect of a machine isn't well maintained regularly, faults will happen.
Fact is, we don't know why ( If your claim is true) it didn't deploy

SternProphet:
Speaking further, the CAS noted that the NAF was also expecting the delivery of additional 6 brand new attack helicopters procured from Italy along with the 12 Super Tucano aircraft expected from the United States of America, which would significantly boost NAF’s aircraft holding by the end of 2020. He noted that such unprecedented acquisition of aircraft was last witnessed in the early 80s. He therefore thanked the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the National Assembly for their continued support to the Service.

What chopper might be coming from Italy for NAF?

Henry240:
Leornado A109

Henry240:
Leornado A109

numbered:
I thought we were only getting 4 of them.

lionel4power:
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Orders Six Armed MD 530F Cayuse Warrior Attack Helicopters

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has requested for the acquisition of six armed MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters from MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI). The contract which was awarded through the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) was issued against its 5-year, $1.4 billion light scout attack helicopter IDIQ contract and includes initial logistics support (ILS) for the aircraft, aircraft systems and ground support equipment.





Read more...

https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2018/09/kenya-defence-forces-kdf-orders-six-armed-md-530f-cayuse-warrior-attack-helicopters

giles14:
1.4 bln for a single engine helicopter.

I will not say a word again about our tucano.

I don see people wey pass us