C-160 Transall of the French Air Force.
Registration: 64GH.
The C-160 Transall is a military transport aircraft produced by a French-German consortium from 1967 to 1981. It was delivered to the German, French, Turkish and South African air forces, among others.
Transall is a German abbreviation of the Transporter Allianz production consortium, which consisted of the companies MBB, Aerospatiale and VFW-Fokker.
In 2022, the French air force retired the C-160 from service. In total, the French had 75 C-160's in service. The Transall has been replaced by the Airbus A400M Atlas.
This photo was taken on 19 May 2018 during the airshow at Aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais.
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