New choppers to boost KDF's aerial firepower

Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe receives six US-made light attack helicopter gunships at the Joint Helicopter Command in Embakasi, Nairobi. [Courtesy]

The Kenyan military has acquired six new US-made light attack helicopter gunships.

This is part of an initial order of 12 light attack and reconnaissance helicopters meant to enhance the firepower of the Kenya Defence Forces in the wake of sustained attacks by Al-Shabaab militants.