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22 power from the aircraft which can, in turn, power essential medical equipment in order to keep patients stable while they are in transit. The range of the PC-12 varies, as all aircraft do, depending on environmental conditions like headwinds and the actual pay-load you're carrying; but roughly if you're carrying a tonne of payload you will be able to fly 1500 nautical miles which converts to around 2800km. This aspect of its versatility can determine the ability for the pilots to complete any of its missions, be it in the military transport role, ISR role or Air Ambulance role. The aircraft has a modular setting inside, it is very versatile and has a multi-roll capability, you can take out half the seats to accommodate more cargo with cargo nets to separate personnel from cargo. A mission suit can be installed very quickly for the aircrafts ISR capability or you can put in the lifeport system. Within the space of a few hours the aircraft can be reconfigured to fit the mission's needs. Within the first 3 weeks of being operational the Sqn had to carry out an Air Ambulance flight from Germany confirming the aircraft's ability to do so within a relatively short space of time in service. Through the Covid-19 Pandemic they have also been travelling to and from Germany with the Covid-19 test samples: up to 18,000 test samples could be taken inside one PC-12 aircraft. Also they've carried out resupply flights to the mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as well as a troop rotation to Western Sahara (MINURSO). Covid-19 has had an effect on the PC-12 coming into service however; the initial contract was for 3 PC-12 aircraft, to be delivered in September 2020. But with the restriction on commercial air travel early on in the year and the resupply of personnel overseas being affected by this, the decision was made to purchase a fourth PC-12, and that was done in a very short space of time by a very hard-working team. It was One of the PC-12's flying over farmland during an air to air photoshoot The PC - 12 sitting in on the ramp A PC-12 on the ramp at Pilatus training facility in Switzerland At the bottom of the runway the PC - 12 prepares to start its take off procedures PC-12 SPECTRE

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