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Spartan

Final assembly of the first C-27J Spartan for the Royal Australian Air Force started

C-27j Spartan RAAFThe fuselage of the first C-27J for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has arrived at the Alenia Aermacchi Turin plant for final assembly. Manufactured at Alenia Aermacchi’s Capodichino Naples site, the fuselage, reached Turin both by truck (from Capodichino… Continue reading

Alenia Aermacchi introduces the new MC-27J, multi-mission version of the Spartan

Alenia Aermacchi is pleased to introduce a new version of the C-27J battlefield airlifter, the MC-27J. The MC-27J is a multi-mission, armed, Roll On/Roll Off (RO/RO) derivative of the C-27J Spartan. Alenia Aermacchi and ATK will jointly produce and market… Continue reading

Alenia Aermacchi introduces the new MC-27J, multi-mission version of the Spartan

Alenia Aermacchi is pleased to introduce a new version of the C-27J battlefield airlifter, the MC-27J. The MC-27J is a multi-mission, armed, Roll On/Roll Off (RO/RO) derivative of the C-27J Spartan. Alenia Aermacchi and ATK will jointly produce and market… Continue reading

C-27J Spartan positive tests for the flight-refueling with the KC-767A tanker

The C-27J is carrying out flight-refueling tests with the KC-767A tanker at the Italian Air Force Base in Pratica di Mare with the collaboration of the 14° Stormo of the Italian Air Force, Alenia Aermacchi, Rolls Royce and Dowty, the… Continue reading

Australian Air Force chooses the Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan battlefield airlift

Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, welcomes the decision taken by the Australian Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel to purchase 10 new built Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift aircraft at a cost of around 800 million Euro… Continue reading

Alenia Aeronautica delivers the third C-27J to the Bulgarian Air Force

Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has delivered today, at “Vrazhdebna” military base of Sofia (in Bulgaria), the final C-27J ordered by the Bulgarian Air Force in 2006, and unveiled a logistics support centre for the aircraft.

The delivery ceremony was… Continue reading

US Air Force selects preferred alternative base for C-27J training aircraft

WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Air Force officials announced Dec. 8 that it has chosen Key Field Air National Guard Base, Miss., as the preferred alternative base for the C-27J Spartan training aircraft.

The secretary of the Air Force and the chief of staff of the… Continue reading

The Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartans reach 10,000 flight hours

The Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartans, in service at Pisa’s 46th Air Wing, reached the milestone of 10,000
flight hours in July.
The C-27J tactical transport aircraft is the Italian Air Force’s most recently acquired transport aircraft,
capable of carrying… Continue reading

Alenia deliverd the first two C-27J Spartan aircraft to the Romanian Air Forces

Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has performed the Ferry Flight to the Romanian Air Forces of the first two of seven C-27J tactical transport aircraft ordered in December 2007.The C-27Js, which will replace the existing  Antonov aircraft, landed today at… Continue reading