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ORIGIN The Buffalo arose from a United States Army requirement. First flight was on 9 April 1964 . However, having won the competition the contract was not awarded as fixed wing operations were transferred to the United States Air Force who considered themselves adequately equipped with the American made Fairchild C-123 Provider . Only a pre-production run of four DHC-5As were delivered in 1965 and designated YAC-2 (later ''''CV-7A''' and subsequently '''C-8A'''). The Royal Canadian Air Force (now the Canadian Forces ) first acquired the DHC-5A designated as CC-115 for No. 429 Squadron. The remaining operational Buffalos operate in the Search And Rescue role for No. 442 Squadron. Production of the DHC-5A ended in 1972 after sales to Brazil and Peru but restarted with the '''DHC-5D''' model in 1974. This variant sold to several overseas air forces beginning with Egypt 's. A production Buffalo was used for breaking time-to-height records in 1976 and one was employed to test aerodynamic prototypes for NASA as an XC-8A. AIRCRAFT DATA
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SAFETY RECORD 26 hull losses have been recorded. SUCCESSORS The EADS-CASA CN-295 or Lockheed / Alenia C-27J Spartan are likely to replace the Buffalo in Canadian Forces service. EXTERNAL LINKS RELATED CONTENT
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