Both countries hope that the propeller - driven warplanes — tailored
for counterinsurgency operations — will bolster Nigerian efforts to combat Boko Haram, one of the world's deadliest terrorist groups.
The military's
counterinsurgency strategy, FM 3 - 24, promulgated by Petraeus in 2006, calls
for securing the population from insurgents, and it suggests a troop density of 20 to 25 counterinsurgents
for every 1,000 residents in an area of
operation.