C-27 Spartan

Lt. Col. James Piel, 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron commander, and Afghan National Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Faiz M. Ramaki fly their first operational mission in a C-27 Spartan March 24, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nancy Hooks)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan landing. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan landing. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan landing. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan taking off. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan taking off. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27J Spartan

C-27J Spartan taking off. (Photo: c27j.com)

C-27A Spartan

The 10th C-27A Spartan to join the Afghan air force comes to a rest with its propellers still spinning on the flight-line of the Afghan Air Force Base Feb. 20, 2011, in Kabul. With the new C-27, the Afghan air force is halfway to its goal of 20 C-27A Spartans. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Vladimir V. Potapenko)

C-27J

The Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartans reach 10,000 flight hours, 7/14/2010. (Photo: Alenia)

C-27J

Alenia Aeronautica delivers the third C-27J to the Bulgarian Air Force and unveils a logistics centre at the “Vrazhdebna” military base of Sofia, 3/31/2011. (Photo: Alenia)