![[C-27 Spartan]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6O6G5VOLocLdJB7HsH9BpzwUGoHvpsqFVX_2c0o3Ikx-QGfmHnSL8kyoX-3DeUBUkk0-O_0nLIc_srikIU5OySB9Wce2M3x1aQReRng2HJyywTVjxWI40OUFIT9l8Ma6Ythk/s1600/C27%2520Spartan.jpg "The flexibility of the C-27J allows it to undertake a wide range of missions from delivering ammunition to front line troops to undertaking aero-medical evacuation of causalities")
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that the Government had agreed to purchase 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift aircraft at a cost of $1.4 billion.The C-27J will replace the Caribou aircraft which was retired from service in 2009 after a career spanning more than four decades. The C-27J complements the capabilities of the C-130 and C-17 aircraft and uses common infrastructure and aircraft systems such as engines, avionics and the cargo handling systems.
The acquisition of the C-27J will significantly improve the ADF’s ability to move troops, equipment and supplies. The C-27J has the capacity to carry significant load and still access small, soft, narrow runways that are too short for the C-130J or runways which are unable to sustain repeated use of larger aircraft.
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