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===First-generation production=== [[File:turkish air force transall c-160d landing arp.jpg|thumb|right|[[Turkish Air Force]] Transall C-160D lands at [[RIAT]] 2008. This is the support aircraft for the [[Turkish Stars]] aerobatic team.]] The initial production run of 169 aircraft were built by the three companies in France and Germany; Nord built 56 aircraft, VFW built 57 aircraft and HFB/MBB 56 (HFB became part of Messerchmitt-Bolkow-Blohm in 1969 during the production run).<ref name="airbritain" /> All three production lines produced a mixture of aircraft for France and Germany but the South African aircraft were all built by Nord.<ref name="airbritain" /> ;C-160D :Production aircraft for the West German Air Force; 110 were built.<ref name="airbritain" /> Twenty of these aircraft were delivered to Turkish Air Force in 1971 as C-160T. A few of the remaining German C-160 were fitted with the self-protection suite called ''ESS''. ;C-160F :Production aircraft for the French Air and Space Force; 50 were built.<ref name="airbritain" /> ;C-160P :Conversion of four C-160Fs for use by the French Postal Service.<ref name="airbritain" /> ;C-160Z :Production aircraft for the South African Air Force; nine were built.<ref name="airbritain" /> {{clear}}
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