Western Africa
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct $36.1m facility for Nigerian Air Force
The U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation (AFSAC) Directorate's foreign military sales construction division has awarded a $36.1 million contract to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, for construction of facilities to support an A-29 Super Tucano wing at a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) air base in Nigeria.
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According to a post on the U.S. Robins Air Force Base website, the facilities will support 12 Nigerian Air Force A-29 light attack, combat and reconnaissance aircraft, and include the construction of new airfield hot cargo pad, perimeter and security fencing, munitions assembly and storage, small arms storage, a flight annex wing
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