List of equipment of the Nigerian Air Force

For the main article, see Nigerian Air Force.

This is a list of equipment currently in service with the Nigerian Air Force, as well as some of the formerly used equipment.

Aircraft

Aircraft Photo Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
Alpha Jet France Attack A/E 15 [1] 4 delivered, 8 of 12 still on order
Chengdu J-7 China Fighter F-7
FT-7Ni 		8[2]
1 		FT-7Ni used for Conversion trainer
Super Tucano Brazil COIN A-29B 12[3]
JF-17 Thunder China/ Pakistan Multirole A/Block 2B 3[3]
M-346 Master Italy Light Combat M-346FA 24 on order[4]
Special Mission
ATR 42 France Maritime patrol MPA 2[5]
Cessna CitationJet United States Maritime patrol/ISR CJ3 2[3]
Beechcraft Super King Air United States ISR 360ER
360I 		4[6]
Diamond Aircraft Austria ISR DA42 MPP
DA62 MPP 		1[3]
4[7]
Magnus Sentinel Hungary ISR MF-212 20 on order
Transport
Airbus A330 France VIP A330-243 1 Presidential Jet. Eagle One[8]
Dornier 228 Germany Transport 6[9]
Lockheed C-130 United States Transport C-130H 3[3]
EADS CASA C-295 Spain Transport C-295W 3 on order[10]
Dassault Falcon 7X France VIP 2
Gulfstream G550 United States VIP 1
Helicopter
AgustaWestland AW139 Italy VIP 3[11] One was handed over by the Rivers State Government in March 2025
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy Utility/Attack A109E
ALUH 		15 [3] 10 on order[12]
Bell 412 United States Utility/Transport 412EP 2[3]
Eurocopter AS332 France Utility 5[3]
Eurocopter EC135 France Utility EC135 T2+ 3[3]
Mil Mi-17 Russia Transport Mi-171 6 1 crashed in August 2023[13]
Bell AH-1Z Viper United States Attack 12 on order[3]
Mil Mi-24 Russia Attack Mi-35 15[3]
TAI T129 Turkey Attack T129B 6[14][15] 6 More Planned
Trainer
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak Pakistan Basic Trainer MFI-395 8[16]
Aermacchi MB-339 Italy Jet Trainer MB-339AN 6[3]
Aero L-39 Czechoslovakia Jet Trainer L-39ZA 11[17]
Robinson R66 United States Rotorcraft Trainer 4 [18]
UAV
Bayraktar TB2 Turkey UCAV 43 on order[19]
CAIG Wing Loong II China UCAV 5[20]
CASC CH-4B China UCAV 4
CASC CH-3A China UCAV 3[21]
Yabhon Flash-20 United Arab Emirates UCAV 2
Tsaigumi Nigeria UAV 6 on order[22]

Aircraft munitions

Name Photo Origin Type Notes
Air to air missiles
PL-5 China Short range air-to-air missile
PL-9C China Short range air-to-air missile
Air to ground missiles
AGM-65 Maverick United States Air-to-surface missile
AR-1 China Laser Guided Missile
9M120 Ataka-V Russia Anti-Tank Guided Missile
UMTAS Turkey Anti-Tank Missile
APKWS United States Laser Guided Rocket
Cirit Turkey Laser Guided Rocket Supplied to the Nigerian Air Force alongside TAI T129 ATAK
Hydra 70 United States Unguided Rocket
TL2 China Laser-Guided Missile
AG-300M China Laser-Guided Missile
General purpose bomb and rockets
GBU-12 Paveway II United States Laser Guided Bomb
GBU-58 Paveway II United States Laser Guided Bomb
Mark 81 United States Unguided Bomb
FT-5 China Guided bomb
LS‑6 China Guided bomb
YC-200 China Guided bomb

Pod

Name Origin Type In service Notes
Targeting Pod
ASELPOD Turkey Targeting pod U/N Used by JF-17 Thunders of the Nigerian Air Force.

Radar

Name Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Radar
36D6 Tin Shield Soviet Union Ground based radar U/N
RPA 200MC 3D Argentina Ground based radar 1

(8+ on order)

The Air Force uses the radar as a secondary user

Retired Aircraft

Aircraft Photo Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Aircraft
Dornier Do 28 Germany utility Dornier 128 11[3] Likely retired from service of the Nigerian Air Force
Aeritalia G.222 Italy transport 1

References

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  7. ^ Lenkov, Alexey (7 October 2023). "Nigeria got all four DA62 MPPs versatile tracking mission aircraft". BulgarianMilitary.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  8. ^ Reporter, Our (4 May 2023). "Excitement as Eagle One gets ready for incoming President". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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