{"id":8205,"date":"2021-07-15T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2021-07-15T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:41:09","slug":"first-batch-of-a-29-super-tucano-aircraft-departs-us-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/first-batch-of-a-29-super-tucano-aircraft-departs-us-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"First batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft departs US for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first batch of 6 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 enroute Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The 6 aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5 countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end of July 2021.<\/p>\n
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information
\nNigerian Air Force, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0Tokyo: \u2018You stand on the shoulders of giants,\u2019 Osinbajo tells Nigeria\u2019s Olympics team<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n He said an official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course.<\/p>\n Gabkwet also informed that “the office of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the aircraft.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first batch of 6 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 enroute Nigeria. The 6 aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5 countries including Canada, Greenland, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-8205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n