Australia Announces Early Retirement of Troubled C-27J Spartan Fleet
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A new Australian defence strategy will see AU$5 billion redirected from current programs towards new capabilities, with the headline cut being the early withdrawal of the RAAF’s ten C-27J Spartan airlifters.
News of the cut came with the release of Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy, which states the Italian-built transport aircraft will be replaced “with a commercial aircraft fleet to support personnel and logistics transport across the Pacific”.
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News of the cut came with the release of Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy, which states the Italian-built transport aircraft will be replaced “with a commercial aircraft fleet to support personnel and logistics transport across the Pacific”.
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