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NEWS Africa

Nigeria Tanzanian Fokker 50 returns
receives new-
build Super
Mushshaks

THE NIGERIAN Air Force
(NAF) has received five
new-build Pakistan
Aeronautical Complex
(PAC) Super Mushshak
trainers. They were
delivered from PAF
Base Minhas aboard
an Il-76 transport, and
arrived in Nigeria on
July 14. The NAF signed
an agreement in Abuja
for the acquisition of
ten Super Mushshaks
on October 21 last Ruben Zammit
year. The contract also GOVERNMENT OF on June 28 after spending then on to Tanzania. es Salaam alongside the
included training and Tanzania Fokker 50 a year in the Netherlands The Government of rest of the governmental/
technical support. 5H-TGF transited through undergoing maintenance. Tanzania’s single Fokker VIP fleet: one F28-
Formal induction took Malta International After departing Luqa, 50 entered service in April 3000 Fellowship and
place on December 5 Airport, where it arrived it flew to Egypt and 1992. It is based at Dar one Gulfstream VSP.
with an initial batch of
four Super Mushshaks The Egyptian Air Force’s latest
provided from PAF pair of Rafales taxies in to
stocks as a stopgap Cairo on July 26. Egyptian MoD
arrangement (see Nigeria
inducts Super Mushshak,
February, p22). The
aircraft will be based at
the 401 Flying Training
School at Kaduna for
primary flight training.
Waseem Abbas
Angola eyes more Su-30Ks Two more Rafales
delivered to Egypt
ANGOLA IS reported to be a buyer was continuing. 2014 it was confirmed
looking at purchasing a Military sources indicated 12 had been sold to the TWO ADDITIONAL Rafales Egypt is acquiring 16
further six former Indian negotiations were Força Aérea Nacional de have been delivered to two-seat Rafale DMs and
Air Force (IAF) Su-30K under way with Angola, Angola (FANA, National the Egyptian Air Force. eight single-seat Rafale
fighters, in addition to although they are said Air Force of Angola) The aircraft, single-seat EMs. The first three
the 12 it has already to be at an early stage. under a contract signed Rafale EMs 9254 and aircraft arrived in Cairo
contracted for, according All 18 of the original IAF in October the previous 9255, arrived at Cairo- on July 21, 2015. A further
to a report in Russian Su-30Ks were placed in year. These are being West Air Base on July trio were delivered on
newspaper Kommersant storage at the 558 ARZ refurbished and upgraded 26. The latest arrivals January 28, 2016, followed
on July 21. The Director and put up for sale after to Su-30KN standard, bring the total delivered by three more on April 4,
of the 558 Aircraft Repair being replaced by new the first having been to date to 11. A further 2017. They are operated
Plant (ARZ) at Baranovichi Su-30MKIs. They were re-flown at Baranovichi three are due to arrive by 34 Squadron ‘Wild
in Belarus, where the jets withdrawn from service around January 31 before the end of the Wolves’ as part of the
are stored, confirmed in 2006 and shipped to this year, although year, and the remaining 203rd Tactical Fighter
at the recent MAKS Baranovichi five years none have yet been ten on order are all due Wing ‘Storm’ at Cairo-
airshow that a search for later. On February 12, delivered. Dave Allport for delivery during 2018. West. Dave Allport
Extra Gulfstream for
Morocco

A SECOND-HAND colour s, but with a
Gulfstream G550 has Moroccan flag on the fin.
been bought by the The RMAF has
Royal Moroccan Air Force previously taken delivery
(RMAF) to supplement its of a new-production
VVIP fleet. The aircraft, G550, CN-AMS, which
previously Austrian- was handed over on
registered as OE-LOK (c/n November 9, 2010,
5462), was ferried from before being ferried
Vienna to Geneva on May to Morocco. It serves
28 using callsign ‘MJF555’. with the VIP Squadron/
Following sale to the Royal Flight at No 1 Air
RMAF, it was allocated Base Rabat-Salé, which
serial CN-AMR and flown also has a Gulfstream
to Rabat on July 6 still IIT and Gulfstream
Above: One of the 12 ex-Indian Air Force Su-30Ks already on order for the National Air Force of in its former owner’s III. Dave Allport
Angola being rolled out after refurbishment by 558 ARZ at Baranovichi, Belarus. 558 ARZ

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