Air Force receives two helicopters from presidential fleet

The hand over was in line with plans by the Buhari administration to cut down on expenditure.

The handover of the helicopters took place at the Presidential wing of the Abuja Airport on Monday.

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Receiving the aircrafts, the Chief of Air Staff, AVM Abubakar, said one of the aircrafts would be configured and deployed as ambulance while the second would be deployed as troop carrier.

Abubakar said: “The two Helicopters will be immediately reconfigured and deployed to the Northeast for the use of Nigerian troops.“The Air Ambulance will carry a Trauma Unit, to ensure that injured troops get immediate medical assistance during airlift”

“These helicopters are some of the most sophisticated, most comfortable and most equipped in the world.”

“We can’t wait to fly our new aircraft. That’s why we’re all dressed in combat gear”

The two AugustaWestland AW101 helicopters were acquired by the Federal Government on October 20, 2014 and May 21, 2015 respectively. They are equipped against certain categories of missile attacks.

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