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RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C.1

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The RAF is now well into its stride with the Airbus Atlas C.1, its designation for the A400M, into with 24 and 70 Squadrons at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The first of 22 such aircraft arrived in November 2014 and deliveries of the whole fleet are expected to be completed by 2019.

 

The four-turboprop A400M combines the attributes of a tactical airlifter, in being able to operate from short, unprepared strips, with the long-range strategic capabilities of heavy jet transports. The RAF will gradually expand the type's tactical capabilities as it gets ready to retire the C-130J Hercules from service in 2022. No 24 Squadron is the RAF's Fixed-Wing Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit, while No 70 Squadron is the service's first operational Atlas unit.

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