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Nigeria Receives Delivery of JF-17 Thunders

Considering ECOWAS' imminent intervention into Niger to restore the democratically elected government there, we may see the JF-17 being used here to impose the NFZ that ECOWAS said they would place in the area.
definitely, they will get some heavy use, though afaik they did not buy SD-10's so itll be limited to WVR engagements only probably vectored by ground control, will be nice to get some kills under the belt, even if they are only embraer 314's and maybe su25a
 
definitely, they will get some heavy use, though afaik they did not buy SD-10's so itll be limited to WVR engagements only probably vectored by ground control, will be nice to get some kills under the belt, even if they are only embraer 314's and maybe su25a
What if SD-10s are sent to them in short notice? Even better if we could get our own missile integrated for Nigeria somehow (Faaz)
 
Considering ECOWAS' imminent intervention into Niger to restore the democratically elected government there, we may see the JF-17 being used here to impose the NFZ that ECOWAS said they would place in the area.

Might require delivery of new JF17s as war between western back Nigerian Forces against Niger or may be Senegal might take place by next weekend.
 
What if SD-10s are sent to them in short notice? Even better if we could get our own missile integrated for Nigeria somehow (Faaz)
will take time to train crews and wrt faaz-
 
Considering ECOWAS' imminent intervention into Niger to restore the democratically elected government there, we may see the JF-17 being used here to impose the NFZ that ECOWAS said they would place in the area.

Hopefully Niger can return to democratic rule without a fight, but focusing strictly on potential conflict. It’s not the Niger Air Force (2xSu-25 and 2xHurkus) that the 3 Nigerian JF-17s will have to worry about. Rather Algeria has said it could intervene and they operate Su-24s, MiG-29s, and Su-30s. The Nigerian JF-17s need rapid deliveries of SD-10A ASAP (just in case).

3 JF-17s would be faced with potentially over a hundred modern aircraft from Algeria if the conflict comes to evolves that way.
 
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Old 2021 article, posting here just for a bit more contract information that includes option for 8 additional aircraft.

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