Slovenian Air Force C-27J Spartan

On 11 January 2023, Francesco Cavallin photographed this Alenia C-27J Spartan in full Slovenian Air Force colours. The aircraft, future serial L2-01 and temporary registered as CSX62330 (c/n 4204), will join the 15 Polk Vojaškega Letalstva (PVL, 15th Aviation Regiment) at Ljubljana/Brnik, Jože Pučnik.

In November 2021, Scramble Magazine reported that the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia, Matej Tonin, and the Minister of Defence of Italy, Lorenzo Guerini, signed a government to government (G2G) agreement valued at euro 72 million for acquiring a single C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft.

According to the Slovenian Armed Forces' White Book of Defence plan from 2019, the number of types of aircraft in the air force will be reduced. This might mark the end of the LET L-410UVP-E aircraft currently operated by the Slovenian armed forces.

Photo by Francesco Cavallin (via jetphotos.com)