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SLXOwft
29th Sep 2020, 16:47
Airbus Defence has posted the following:

First Airbus C295 aircraft arrives in Canada

The first Airbus C295 aircraft, purchased by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) project, has arrived at 19 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Comox, in British Columbia, Canada.


THe CC-295 is based on the C295W and is set to replace CC-115 Buffalos and older C-130Hs operating in the fixed wind SAR role.