Sojojin Sama na Nijeriya (NAF) suna shirin samun jirage 34 saboda yaƙi daga kamfanin Leonardo na Italiya. Wannan shirin ya bayyana a wata taron bita na shirye-shirye da aka gudanar a Italiya, inda babban hafsan sojojin sama, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, ya shiga tare da jami’an ministocin tsaro da kudi.
A cewar sanarwar da jami’in hulda labarai na NAF, Air Cdre Olusola Akinboyewa, taron ya mayar da hankali kan kammala shirye-shirye don samun jirage 24 na M-346 Fighter Ground Attack (FGA) da kuma jirage 10 na AW-109 Trekker helicopters, wanda ya hada da na biyu da aka samu a baya.
Jiragen M-346 zasu iya aikatawa a cikin ayyukan iska zuwa iska da iska zuwa kasa, wanda zai karfafa karfin yaƙi na NAF. A gefe guda, jiragen AW-109 zasu taimaka wajen ayyukan tallafin yaƙi kamar binciken yaƙi da ceto, tallafin soji, da kuma ayyukan kiwon lafiya.
An tabbatar da cewa, na farko daga cikin jiragen M-346 shida zasu iske Nijeriya a farkon shekarar 2025, yayin da sauran zasu biyo baya har zuwa tsakiyar shekarar 2026. Jiragen AW-109 goma zasu iske a farkon shekarar 2026.
Babban hafsan sojojin sama ya himmatu wajen kafa ofishin shirye-shirye don kula da hadin gwiwa da tabbatar da aiwatar da aikin cikakke. Ya kuma nemi kafa tsarin gyara jirage a Nijeriya don tallafawa jiragen M-346 na dogon lokaci.
