IMANI-Africa’s Vice President, Bright Simons, has announced that the Ghana Air Force has taken receipt of the presidential Falcon Jet after undergoing an extended 8-month maintenance and repairs in France.
Simons says the Falcon 9G-EXE aircraft was brought to Ghana on Monday, November 10, following its dispatch to the Dassault Falcon Service MRO facility at Paris Le Bourget (PLB) for a mandatory 24-month and 1,600-hour technical inspection.
In a post on his X page on Friday, November 14, 2025, he said issues including faults affecting the fuel tank and one of the jet’s turbofans were part of the significant defects uncovered by engineers at the PLB facility during the inspection.
These faults required manufacturer-level intervention and prolonged the maintenance schedule, as the repairs could only be executed at that specific Dassault-authorised site.
He added that the delay was further compounded by challenges in sourcing certain OEM-certified spare parts.
The jet has now successfully completed all complex repair processes, including leak assessments, engine ground runs and acceptance flights, and has been cleared for service by Dassault Falcon Service.
Before its return to Accra, the aircraft undertook a brief positioning flight from Marseille to address minor logistical arrangements, Bright Simons added.
Ghana’s presidential jet has been delivered safely back into the custody of the Ghana Air Force since Monday, the 10th of November. Exactly 8 months after it was sent to the Dassault Falcon Service MRO base at Paris Le Bourget (PLB).
Whilst at PLB, it underwent a MANDATORY… pic.twitter.com/AHvRidu0EH
— Bright Simons (@BBSimons) November 14, 2025
