The Kawasaki C-2 is a mid-size, twin-turbofan engine, long range, high speed military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company. Designed to replace the older Kawasak
A C-2 fly over at Miho Air Base
A C-2 taking off at the Naha Air Show in 2018
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military, now Airbus Defence and Space, as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabil
Kawasaki C-2
…2016. There are ongoing efforts to sell it overseas. After researching foreign aircraft such as the C-130J Super Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, and Airbus A400M, the Japanese Ministry of Defense concluded that there were no aircraft in production that possessed the capabilities that the JASDF required. In…
A German Air Force A400M in flight
The A400M (third from top) and aircraft it is intended to replace or complement: C-130 (top), C-130J-30 and C-17 (bottom).
An A400M viewed from below
The first A400M during its global presentation in Seville, June 2008