On Monday, the presidency handed over two aircraft from the presidential fleet to the Nigerian Air force.
The donation reduces the presidential fleet to six.The National Security Adviser (NSA),Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, who presented the helicopters to NAF, said the gesture was in fulfillment of the President’s promise to reduce the cost of the amount expended on the PAF .
Monguno said that in line with this philosophy, two aircraft, 1x AW109 helicopter and 1x King Air Beechcraft, had earlier been released to the NAF in 2015, immediately the president took over.
The president had earlier given approval for the sale of one of the 2x Falcons 7x and the Hawker 4000 aircraft operated by the fleet.
Talking about the aircraft, Monguno said: “AW 101 is a highly versatile helicopter used in both VIP civil and military applications.
“These two helicopters handed to the NAF today have ballistic defence capabilities and are equipped with defensive aid suites against certain forms of missile attacks.
“Mr president appreciated the need to enhance the airlift capacity of NAF to strengthen the efforts of the ongoing campaign against insurgency in different parts of the country.
“This is compatible with his philosophy to reduce the cost of governance and enhance capacity of our armed forces.”
