Spain buys “Tucks”

The acquisition is intended to lead to a crucial unification of the fleet of Spanish aircraft. 1 kind will replace the 3 presently utilized and 4 in the wider time frame. present Spain has 13 C295 aircraft in service, but in June 2023 a further 6 were added in the maritime patrol version and 10 in the marine surveillance version with search and rescue capabilities. Their introduction to the service will let the withdrawal of outdated P-3 Orion and sea-based CN-235 D.4. The current order will let the replacement of tiny transport aircraft CN-235 and C212. From its predecessors (except Orion) C295 is simply a larger and more powerful machine, as well as a more modern machine.