Editing Transall C-160 (section)

===Second-generation production===
From 1981 on, some new C-160 versions reached the wings of Armee de l'Air. The now C-160NG (Nouvelle Generation, New Generation) called aircraft has a fifth fuel tank in the middle of the wing above the fuselage, a refueling probe while the left side cargo door was removed. Some first-production series C-160F were fitted with the NG-versions changes and renamed C-160R (Renové).

Beside these changes, in 1989, the French Air Force introduced the ''C-160G Gabriel'' variant, a [[SIGINT]] aircraft easily to distinguish because of the antennas fitted to the aircraft.

Until the early 2000s, also the ''C-160H Astarte'' was used, while Astarté (Avion Station Relais de Transmissions Exceptionelles), meaning "airborne relay station for special transmissions", was used for communication with submerged French nuclear submarines.