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In U.S. military service, the Short 330 was designated C-23A Sherpa. The C-23B Sherpa is similar to the C-23A, but with cabin windows. [5] The C-23B+ Short 360 derivative was created by replacing the rear fuselage of Short 360s obtained on the second-hand market with the twin tail and rear loading ramp of the Short Sherpa. The C-23 was produced ...
C-23A Sherpa The Short 330 (also SD3-30 ) is a small turboprop transport aircraft produced by Short Brothers . It seats up to 30 people and was relatively inexpensive and had low maintenance costs at the time of its introduction in 1976.
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The 10 MAS flew the C-23 "Sherpa", a small cargo plane that needed only a little bit of runway and less fuel than larger cargo aircraft. A total of 18 C-23A Sherpa aircraft were delivered to the 10 MAS.
Two aircraft built by Short Brothers have been named Sherpa: Short SB.4 Sherpa , a jet-powered experimental wing research aircraft, first flight 1953 Short C-23 Sherpa , military version of the Short 330 and 360 turboprop powered transport aircraft, introduced 1985
C-23 first flight; 6 August 1984 (per C-23 Infobox) (FYI the C-23A is exactly the 'Sherpa'; August 1984 is just the date when USAF received its first C-23) These three related articles deserve a radical re-write, placing all of the history & development in the 330 and 360 articles, and limiting the C-23 article to covering it's operational ...
C-23A over the Rhine Valley. The squadron was reactivated in 1977 to operate the Military Airlift Command (MAC) aerial port at Ramstein Air Base.It serviced transient C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster transports at Ramstein, loading and unloading cargo and also received airlifted equipment and personnel for United States Army Europe (USAREUR) forces units in Germany.
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