India’s first C-295 transport aircraft will be deployed at the Air Force station in Agra. It was
The C-295 military aircraft landed in Vadodara on September 20, days after it was handed over to the IAF in the southern Spanish city of Seville.
on Monday, a move that will bolster the force’s tactical lift capability.
The Agra Air Force Station is considered one of the country’s largest air force stations. The country’s Airborne Refueling Squadron and AWACS aircraft are deployed at this station.
A senior Agra Air Force Base officer told India Today that this aircraft is specially designed for paratroopers. Since Agra has the country’s largest paratrooping training school, this aircraft has been in this city.
In this regard, Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber Secretary Vishal Sharma said that India has increased its power in the sky by inducting the first C-295 aircraft into the Air Force.
This aircraft can be used for everything from supply of military logistics to transportation of troops and emergency operations, he said.
India will buy 56 such planes from Spain that will replace the aging fleet of the Avro 748 aircraft. The Avro aircraft have been serving the Indian Air Force for the last 60 years.
Although the aircraft has been inducted into the IAF’s 11 Squadron, the oldest squadron in the country and based at Vadodara Air Force Station, it will be deployed at Agra Air Force Station
