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Malta’s AFM completes King Air upgrades and adds first ground simulator
A roughly €7.4 million EU-co-financed programme includes €4.28 million for the Armed Forces of Malta’s King Air fleet and €3.2 million for a new crew-training simulator.
By Malta News AI Desk / 25/09/2026
The Armed Forces of Malta have completed mid-life upgrades across their King Air aircraft fleet and added their first ground-based training simulator, according to an official government release published on Friday, 25 September.
The programme represents an investment of roughly €7.4 million, co-financed through European funds. The release assigns €4.28 million to the King Air upgrades and €3.2 million to the Ground Simulator Training Device.
The third aircraft’s upgrade completes the modernisation of the AFM’s King Air fleet. The new simulator is intended to give crews a dedicated setting in which to practise operational procedures and maintain mission-readiness skills without relying entirely on aircraft-based training.
The AFM’s published King Air B200 information identifies the aircraft as a border-patrol platform equipped with search and weather radar, electro-optical and infrared systems, and an airdrop capability. The wider Air Wing also supports maritime surveillance and search-and-rescue work.
The government release describes the simulator as the first of its type for the AFM and the only such facility in Malta.
Read the official source: Government of Malta Department of Information
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