Tillamook Air Museum: Alenia C-27A Spartan (photo diary)

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The C-27A Spartan, a medium-sized short take-off and landing military transport aircraft, was built by Alenia Aeronautica in Italy. The C-27A was developed to meet a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) specification and was introduced in 1978. It was originally designated G.222.

According to the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon:

“Italy was initially the only NATO member to adopt the type, however, the United States purchased a small number of G.222s, beginning in the early 1990’s, designating them the C-27A Spartan. In total, 111 C-27A Spartans were built.”

“The Museum’s C-27A Spartan was built in Naples, Italy in 1992 and purchased by the United States Air Force. The aircraft was operated by the 310th Airlift Squadron, 24th Wing at Howard AFB, Panama and participated in anti-drug operations in South America. The aircraft was retired in September of 1997 and placed in storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base with the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG). In 2014, the aircraft was sold and purchased by a private owner and flown to the Tillamook Air Museum in mid-2016, where it is on loan.”