Third Kenyan C-27J Spartan still in Italy Kenyan Air Force (KAF) Leonardo C-27J Spartan 222 carrying test serial number CSX62308 takes o for a sortie from Italian aircraft maker Leonardo’s facility at Venegono, on July 27.
This is the third and final Spartan ordered for the KAF through a US$198m loan from UniCredit. The first two arrived in Kenya on January 29 (see Kenyan Spartan deliveries, March, p28), while the third aircraft remained in Italy for KAF aircrew training, after which it will be flown to join them.
Source: By Oscar Bernardi / AirForces Monthly - September 2020
Photo: Kenyan Air Force Leonardo C-27J Spartan (Photo by FAP)