Brunei inducts into service its first two C-295MW transport aircraft

One of the RBAirF's C-295MW aircraft. Photo x/o Airbus Defence.

The Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) has inducted the first two Airbus C-295MW tactical transport aircraft into service on 16 February 2024.

These are the same aircraft that arrived in BRAirF’s Air Movement Centre at Rimba Air Base on 24 January 2024.

The aircraft is an important addition to its small fleet, allowing the Royal Brunei Armed Forces to conduct combat and non-combat missions including tactical air troop and cargo transport, paratrooper platform, airdrop operations, VIP transport,  and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations, search and rescue (SAR) and medical evacuations.

The aircraft will also help in supporting operations of the Royal Brunei Air Force within the region.

Two more aircraft are expected to arrive soon, as part of a contract signed between Brunei’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Airbus Defence and Space last 02 December 2022.

The four aircraft will replace a single Indonesian-made CN-235M-110M transport aircraft that the RBAirF has been operating since 1997, while the larger aircraft and four-fold number also boosting the operational capabilities of the service and the entire Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

[1] Airbus Defence

[2] Janes