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epa07592343 An Italian maintenance officer takes care of the windshield of an Italian airforce C-27J Spartan military aircraft during the 'European Spartan 2019 Military Exercise', held at the Boboc airbase, 140 kilometers north-east of Bucharest, Romania, 22 May 2019. The EU Spartan 2019 takes place from 13 May until 24 May 2019 at the 90th Airlift Base - Otopeni and Boboc airbase, in the context of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The exercise is a multinational training event organised in the framework of the EATF (European Air Transport Fleet) program, consisting of series of activities planned and organized by the C-27J SPARTAN community with the support of the European Defense Agency (EDA) and the Romanian Air Force at the 90th Airlift Base. The countries participating in the Sparatan 2019 are: Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, and Slovakia. The C-27J SPARTAN aircraft is designed to perform tactical missions in peace-keeping and humanitarian operations, providing direct air transport to the theatre, day and night. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT