Slovenia to procure Spartan airlifter
18 January 2021
by Gareth Jennings
Slovenia is to acquire the Leonardo C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, with the country’s government announcing on 15 January that the Covid-19 pandemic had exposed a lack of national airlift capacity and capability.
Slovenia is set to become the latest operator of the Italian-built C-27J Spartan airlifter, the government has announced. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
Having evaluated a number of options, the Slovenian 15th Aviation Wing (15th Polk Vojaskega Letalstva: 15th PVL) component of the joint Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) is to receive one or two of the Italian-built airlifters by 2025.
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