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The first C-23A for U.S. Air Force during its official rollout ceremony A C-23 Sherpa in center front with a C-5 Galaxy in rear. The C-23A Sherpa entered service with the United States Air Force in Europe in 1985 [7] based at Zweibrücken Air Base. It continued in use in the EDSA role until November 1990 with the post-cold war force reductions. [8]
Short C-23 Sherpa B+ and C variants are military-configured Short 360s operated by the United States military. [9] Twenty-eight C-23B+ were produced by conversions of civilian Short 360 airframes, and the C-23C was a conversion of C-23B and C-23B+.
The Short Sherpa was a freighter fitted with a full-width rear cargo door/ramp. This version first flew on 23 December 1982, [ 7 ] with the first order, for 18 aircraft, being placed by the United States Air Force (USAF) in March 1983, for the European Distribution System Aircraft (EDSA) role, to fly spare parts between USAF bases within Europe ...
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C-23 Sherpa The Short SC.7 Skyvan (nicknamed the "Flying Shoebox") [ 1 ] is a British 19-seat twin- turboprop aircraft first flown in 1963, that was manufactured by Short Brothers of Belfast , Northern Ireland .
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
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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 ...