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==Operators== ===Military operators=== ;{{TUR}} * [[Turkish Air Force]] – 20 former West German Air Force C-160Ds delivered in 1971. Only 8 remain in service as of 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2023-02-the-transall-turns-60 | title=The Transall Turns 60 | Airbus | date=22 February 2023 }}</ref> ** 221 Filo at [[Erkilet International Airport|Erkilet]] ===Civil operators=== ;{{AUS}} * Wieland Aviation Group Pty Ltd, Warnervale, New South Wales: 3 C-160D ex-Luftwaffe aircraft bought in September 2022 and registered VH-RFW, VH-RPR, VH-TIT.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.16right.com/registers/aus?Rhname=WIELAND%20AVIATION%20GROUP%20PTY%20LTD |title=16Right - Australian Aircraft Register Search }}</ref> The company intends to convert these planes into water bombers for firefighting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aerobuzz.de/militar/drei-c-160-transall-der-luftwaffe-fliegen-kuenftig-in-australien/ |title=Drei C-160 Transall der Luftwaffe fliegen künftig in Australien |date=9 December 2022 }}</ref> ===Former operators=== ;Military [[File:C-160 Transall 51+08 Vorbeiflug.jpg|thumb|right|Fly-by of [[German Air Force]] Transall 51+08]] [[File:C-160 Transall 2.jpg|thumb|right|A Transall of the German Air Force performing a cargo drop]] [[File:C-160 Transall - paratroops ILA2002-01.jpg|thumb|right|German paratroopers deploying from an inflight C-160]] ;{{FRA}} * [[French Air and Space Force]] – 78 * '''50 C-160F''' (+ 3 pre-production aircraft) : ** [[61e Escadre de Transport]] at [[Orléans – Bricy Air Base]] (the wing used a centralised aircraft maintenance system and the Transalls did not carry individual squadron markings) *** [[Escadron de Transport 1/61 Touraine]] was the first French squadron which operated the C-160F, from November 1967 to 2012. Now has received its first A-400Ms ; *** [[Escadron de Transport 2/61 Franche-Comté]] operated the C-160F from August 1969 to 1988. Now uses the [[C-130H Hercules]] ; *** [[Escadron de Transport 3/61 Poitou]] has been operating the C-160F since October 1970, and still has some aging planes, due to delays in the development program of the new [[Airbus A400M Atlas|Airbus A-400M]] transport aircraft. * '''25 C-160NG''' : ** [[64e Escadre de Transport]] at [[Évreux-Fauville Air Base]] *** [[Escadron de Transport 1/64 Béarn]], has been operating its aircraft since December 1981 until unknown; *** [[Escadron de Transport 2/64 Anjou]], has been operating its aircraft since April 1982 ; ** Two of these NG variant aircraft have been transformed into the electronic warfare variant C-160G "Gabriel", used in the "[[Escadron électronique aéroporté 1/54 Dunkerque]]" (Airborne Electronic Squadron) ; ** Four NGs have been converted into the C-160H communications relay variant, in use in the "[[Escadron avion 1/59 Bigorre]]" ([[Châteaudun Air Base]]) between 1988 and 2001. They are now retired and used as spare parts providers ; ** Between 1973 and 1985, four C-160F have been converted to a C-160P variant, which was used by the [[Aéropostale (aviation)|Aéropostale]] company. These are now retired and used as wreckages for firemen training. Since 1999, all the F and NG aircraft operated in French air forces have been converted to the last upgraded C-160R standard. Last aircraft retired in May 2022. ;{{GER}} * [[German Air Force]] (''Luftwaffe'') – total: 110; after 20 were sold to Turkey: 90; October 2011 (before introduction of the Airbus A400M): 80; August 2014: 56; the last wing (4 aircraft) was disbanded on 15 December 2021 and Replaced with [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules|C-130J-30 Super Hecules]] and [[Airbus A400M Atlas]]. ** [[Air Transport Wing 61]] at [[Landsberg-Lech Air Base]] (disbanded 31 December 2017) ** [[Air Transport Wing 62]] at [[Wunstorf Air Base]] (transitioned to A400M) ** [[Air Transport Wing 63]] at [[Hohn Air Base]] (disbanded 15 December 2021) ;{{flag|South Africa|}} * [[South African Air Force]] – Nine new C-160Z delivered in 1969 and 1970, all except one scrapped, the survivor is now at the [[South African Air Force Museum]]<ref name="defenceweb">{{Cite news| last = Engelbrecht| first = Leon| title = SAAF to break up C160Z Transall wrecks| publisher = defenceWeb| access-date = 2013-03-02| date = 2008-11-24| url = http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=761| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403110720/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=761| archive-date = 2015-04-03| url-status = live}}</ref> ** [[28 Squadron SAAF]] at [[AFB Waterkloof|Waterkloof]] ;Civil ;{{FRA}} * [[Air France]] on behalf of [[La Poste (France)|French Postal Service]] (retired) ;{{GAB}} * [[Air Affaires Gabon]] – former V3 prototype modified to C-160G standard was sold to Gabonese company in July 1976.<ref name="airbritain">Chillon, Dubois and Wegg 1980, pp. 116–126.</ref> Retired in France in 1987 and scrapped. ;{{IDN}} * [[Manunggal Air Service]] (defunct) * [[Pelita Air]] (retired)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldjets.net/jakarta---kemayoran.html|title=Jakarta - Kemayoran|website=oldjets.net|access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> ;{{SUI}} * [[Balair]] – pre-production aircraft C-160V was leased in 1968 to the International Red Cross Committee and operated for them by Balair. Returned in 1970<ref name="airbritain" />
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