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France and Germany ordered 53 and 113 Transalls, respectively, between 1969 and 1972.

Other countries have acquired Transalls, such as South Africa with nine C-160 Z’s and Turkey with 20 C-160 T’s.

The program was re-launched in 1977 when France acquired 25 C-160 NG’s (New Generation) with added fuel capacity, modernized avionics and an in-flight refuelling system (to increase radius of action). Of these:

  Ten could act as tankers, and five others if the need arose.
  Two were converted for intelligence gathering purposes (C160 Gabriel) and entered service in 1989.

An additional order of four aircraft allowed France to develop the C160 H Astarte (the "airborne relay for high-priority communications"), and these entered service in 1988.

Indonesia acquired six Transall NG’s in 1986 (without the tanker system).

France currently has:

  In the transport role, 46 first-generation Transalls and 20 second-generation
  Two Transall G Gabriel