The Philippine Air Force (PAF)'s second Airbus Military
C-295 medium transport aircraft will arrive at Clark Field, Pampanga Tuesday
afternoon.
"C-295M (with) tail number 140 left Spain last
Sept. 8. It is expected to arrive at Clark Field tomorrow Sept. 15 on the
afternoon. It will undergo technical inspection and acceptance process (before
being) formally turned over to PAF later," said PAF spokesperson Col.
Enrico Canaya, in a message to the PNA Monday.
Canaya also said that there was no final date yet on the
C-295's turnover to the Air Force.p>The first C-295 (tail number 129)
arrived at Clark Air Base, Pampanga in the afternoon of March 22.
Its arrival is five months earlier than the scheduled August
delivery date.
The Philippines
has a three C-295 contract worth Php5.29 billion with Airbus Military signed
last year.
The C-295 is categorized as medium lift aircraft equivalent
to the Fokker F-27 aircraft being maintained by the 220th Airlift Wing, the
C-295s have rear ramp door similar to that of the C-130s for easier access and
loading/unloading of passengers and cargoes.
It can carry as much as 71 passengers, 50 paratroops, 24
stretchers with five to seven attendants or up to about 20,000 lbs of cargoes.
It is capable of short field landing and takeoff and has a
top speed of 358 miles per hour.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=803877
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