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Nigerian Alpha Jet deliveries continue
Citat:The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has received a second Alpha Jet from the United States, nearly two months after the first was delivered.
The second aircraft was seen at Manchester Airport on 11 May, having travelled from the United States via Iceland on its delivery flight. It followed the same route as the first aircraft, which was seen passing through Manchester on 25 March.
Air Forces Daily reports that the second aircraft had to return to Manchester because of a transponder failure, and departed the next day when its transponder was attended to by GAMA Aviation.
The Alpha Jets were flown by Air USA Inc, which specialises in military air combat readiness training and flies Hawks, Alpha Jets, MiG-29s and L-59 Super Albatroses. The Alpha Jets for Nigeria were cancelled from the United States register on 19 March. They were built in 1979 and 1980 and originally flown by the Luftwaffe before operating in the States.
Air USA Alpha Jets were converted for night vision goggle (NVG) operations, according to the company, and flight certified for operational use of TER, IMER and SUU-20 bomb racks.
 http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_c.....Itemid=107
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