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The United States has delivered a C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft to Botswana .
The aircraft is worth $30 million ( 400 million Pula ) and was delivered under the United States Air Force Excess Defence Articles programme.
The handover coincided with the Africa Chiefs of Defence Conference held in Botswana this week .
The BDF acquired three former US C-130B Hercules for Z10 Squadron from the North Carolina Air Guard through the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Programme .
Botswana 's Air Arm Command Chief thanked the US for capacitating the BDF with the aircraft.
He also pushed for spares for the aircraft, and an avionics upgrade.
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