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Italian Air Force: C-27J Spartan airplanes return to Afghanistan

Rome, Italy - After five months of deployment

The two Alenia Aeronautica C-27J tactical airlifters deployed to Afghanistan in September 2008 by the Italian Air Force have returned to their base at Pisa AFB following the successful completion of their first major out-of-area deployment. The C-27Js operated within Task Group Albatros, the ITAF component of the Joint Air Task Force (JATF) of the Regional Command West of the NATO International Security...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099413
Rome, Italy, 02/04/2009 18:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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