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Alenia Aermacchi completes final assembly of C-27J Spartan airplane for RAAF

Turin, Italy - AA is providing the aircraft to prime-contractor L-3 Communications

Alenia Aermacchi has completed the assembly of the first C-27J battlefield airlifter for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). At the company’s Turin plant, the aircraft’s wing was mated with the fuselage and the engines, landing gear, and other major components were installed. The aircraft is currently undergoing equipment installation and functional tests in preparation for the test flight phase. R...

fra/pec - 1156675
Rome, Italy, 11/22/2013 14:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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