Air International 2022-10
B.Taghvaee - Transalls take a bow
R202/64-GB, one of the last two C-160Rs of the EEA 1/54 Dunkerque can be seen during training of the crew of R212 for the farewell tour on March 9, 2022 in BA105 Evreux
R212/64-GL passing over BA105 Evreux for the last time before official retirement on May 20, 2022
An example of EO/IR (FLIR) surveillance and targeting cameras that were installed on the C3ISTAR-capable Transalls of ET 3/61 Poitou
Lieutenant Colonel George, head of the French Air and Space Force Approved Training Organisation (ATO), piloted the R212 during the farewell ceremony in May this year
R217/64-GQ was deployed to Tahiti in French Polynesia for eight months for the last time until February 28, 2022. It is now on display at the fighter aviation museum at Montelimar
R204/64-GD was in service of ET 3/61 Poitou when it was retired earlier this year. Here it can be seen departing BA123 Orleans for a training mission of French Parachute Forces in September 2019
French Special Forces during training with R212/64-GL, a Transall of EEA 1/54 that was borrowed by the ET 3/61 for this purpose
The diamond formation of the C-160R serialled R212, together with an A400M, a CN.235M-300 and a C-130J-30 of the French Air and Space Force during the retirement ceremony on May 20, 2022
Cockpit of the R202/64-GB, one of two last C-160Rs of EEA 1/54 Dunkerque
A number of C-160Rs stored and cannibalised for their parts in BA123 Orléans-Bricy can be seen in this image. They will be scrapped in summer 2022