The first of two Alenia C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft for Slovakia
arrived in-country on 24 October. The second will arrive in early 2018. Source:
Slovak Ministry of Defence
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Gareth Jennings - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
31 October 2017
Slovakia officially inducted into its inventory the first of two
Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft on 31 October.
The twin-engined turboprop, which actually arrived in-country the
previous week, was welcomed into service during a ceremony at Malacky-Kuchyna
air base near the Austrian border. Malacky-Kuchyna is home to the Slovak Air
Force’s (Vzdusné sily Slovenskej Republiky) transport wing which currently
fields the Let L-410 Turbolet twin-turboprop cargo aircraft.
Slovakia has acquired the C-27J to replace the already-retired
Warsaw Pact-era Antonov An-26 ‘Curl’ airlifters it inherited with the split
from the Czech Republic in 1993. Following a protracted procurement process
that lasted about six years, a contract was signed in 2014 that was estimated
to be worth EUR120 million (USD152 million at the time).
This first aircraft was due to have been delivered in 2016, and the
Slovak Ministry of Defence noted that negotiations are ongoing with Alenia
Aermacchi’s parent company Leonardo with regard to penalty fees resulting from
its late arrival. The second C-27J is now scheduled to arrive at
Malacky-Kuchyna at the beginning of 2018.
The C-27J has an 11-tonne payload and a 3,070 n mile (5,685 km;
3,532 miles) ferry range. Other than Slovakia, the C-27J Spartan has already
been ordered by Australia, Bulgaria, Chad, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico,
Morocco, Peru, Romania, and the United States (though the US Air Force has
since divested the type to the US Coast Guard and Special Operations Command
due to budgetary reasons), as well as to one undisclosed African operator.
Original post: janes.com
C-27J Spartan: Details
Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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Author: MO SR - KOd, Photo: MO SR - Ivan Kelement - Date:
31.10.2017 Source: mosr.sk
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