훈련기 나이지리아, 프랑스가 퇴역시킨 알파제트 추가도입

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나이지리아가 프랑스 공군에서 퇴역한 알파제트를 추가로 도입했네요. 최소 4기가 인도됐고, 최종적으로 12기를 도입해 6기는 현역으로 운용하고 6기는 부품용으로 해체할 예정이라고 합니다. 나이지리아는 1982년 알파제트 24기를 처음 도입했고, 2023년 기준 11기를 운용중이라고 합니다. 보유기종이 아프리카 공군답게 참 잡다합니다 ㅎㅎㅎ 

나이지리아 공군, 추가 알파 제트 전력화…프랑스 중고기체 12대 도입

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나이지리아 공군(NAF)이 프랑스 공군에서 퇴역한 다소-도르니에 알파 제트(Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet) 12대를 도입하여, 이 중 6대를 실전 배치하고 나머지 6대는 부품용으로 활용할 예정입니다. 이번 도입은 프랑스 방산업체 소페마(SOFEMA)와의 계약에 따라 진행되었으며, 해당 기체들은 2024년 12월에 출하 준비를 마쳤습니다. ​Military Africa+3Military Africa+3Military Africa+3Military Africa

알파 제트는 나이지리아 공군의 핵심 경공격기이자 고등훈련기로, 폭탄, 로켓, 미사일 등 다양한 무장을 탑재할 수 있으며, 근접항공지원(CAS) 임무에도 투입되고 있습니다. 현재 요라(Yola)와 마이두구리(Maiduguri) 공군기지에 배치되어, 무장세력 및 테러리스트에 대한 공습 작전에 활용되고 있습니다. ​Military Africa

나이지리아는 1982년 알파 제트 24대를 처음 도입한 이후, 2011년에는 일부 기체를 현대화하였고, 2015년에는 미국으로부터 4대를 추가로 확보하였습니다. 2020년에는 장기간 보관되었던 9대를 재활성화하였으며, 2023년 기준으로 11대의 알파 제트를 운용 중입니다. ​Military Africa

이번 도입은 노후화된 기존 기체를 보완하고, 향후 도입 예정인 이탈리아제 M-346 마스터(Master) 고등훈련기 24대와 함께 공군의 전력 강화를 위한 전략적 조치로 평가됩니다. ​

Nigeria operationalize additional Alpha jets

Nigeria operationalize additional Alpha jets

 by Ekene Lionel

 April 19, 2025

in Aerospace

Reading Time: 3 mins read

Nigeria Air Force Alpha jets based in Yola and Maiduguri are flying combat missions against bandits, terrorists, and insurgents.

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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of at least four of twelve ex-French Air Force Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet light attack and advanced jet trainer aircraft.

The delivery is part of an earlier contract awarded to SOFEMA by the Nigerian Air Force for the refurbishment and upgrade of the Alpha Jet fleet.

Under this agreement, six ex-French Air Force jets sourced by Sofema will be restored for operational use, while the rest will serve as spare parts.

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Hasan Abubakar, says in last December that all 12 aircraft are ready for shipping. It is anticipated that six will be restored to operable status, with the remaining six used as spares to support the Alpha Jet fleet.

Four Alpha jets seen in NAF base Ikeja, Lagos. (Image credit @Jakepor21 via X)

Alpha jets are an important part of the Nigerian Air Force Air power, they are capable of carrying a variety of weapons, including bombs, rockets, and missiles. It is also equipped with a gun pod that can be used for close air support missions.

The Nigerian Air Force acquired its fleet of Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet aircraft in the early 1980s. The first 24 Alpha Jets were delivered in 1982, and they were used for both training and light attack missions. In 2011, four of the Alpha Jets were upgraded with new avionics and weapons systems.

Alpha jets based in Yola and Maiduguri are flying combat missions against bandits, terrorists, and insurgents. In 2013, the Nigerian Air Force began to take measures to refurbish 13 of its Alpha jets. Two were sent to Niamey, Niger to support a multi-national peacekeeping force there. But one crashed fatally in an accident that May of that year.

Four additional unarmed Alpha jets were acquired in 2015 by the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration from the United States. In 2020, nine more Alpha Jets were reactivated after being mothballed for several years. As of 2023, the Nigerian Air Force has 11 Alpha Jets in service.

In July 2023, Sofema, which specialises in reconditioned military equipment, began studying a plan to rehabilitate French Alpha Jets for the Nigerian Air Force.

Sofema is already supplying spare parts to five ageing aircraft that are still being used by the Nigerian Air force, and recently visited a French air force base to select four or five more Alpha Jets they could recondition and sell to the NAF. Sofema is thus determined to quickly double the NAF’s fleet of Alpha Jets within six months to one year. Sofema also won the contract to supply Martin Baker MK10 ejection seats in five NAF Alpha jets.

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In September 2024, Nigeria, Egypt entered pilot training, and Alpha jet maintenance agreement. The commitment was made on 4 September 2024, when General El-Gawad hosted Air Marshal Abubakar at his office in Cairo, Egypt during the the Egypt International Air Show at El-Alamein International Airport.

Meanwhile, Nigeria is set to receive twenty-four M-346 Master aircraft from Italian aircraft maker Leonardo. The deal is reported to be worth an estimated €1.2 billion and will see the Italian jets replacing or complementing the aging Dassault Alpha jet A/E in use by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

Nigerian Air Force - Wikipedia

Nigerian Air Force - Wikipedia

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1989년에 닷소가 월간항공에 아틀란틱 2 초계기 광고를 낼 때 미라지 2000과 알파 제트도 끼워 넣었는데 어쩌면 알파 제트가 호크 대신 들어올 수도 있었겠습니다.

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저때 아틀랜틱2가 선정됐으면 사진에 있는 물건들 중 한 두 기종이 더 들어왔을 수도 있겠네요. 그러면 10년 뒤 F-15대신 라팔이 팔렸을 수도 있겠습니다.