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Nigeria gets fighter jets from US for anti-terror campaign

Three Super Tucano Jets

Three Super Tucano Jets.  FILE | EMBRAER | AFP

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Nigeria has taken delivery of six of 12 fighter jets, type A-29 Super Tucano, supplied by the United States government.

The support service aircraft arrived in Nigeria on Friday and were at the Kano base of the Nigerian Air Force.

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