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Military transport aircraft include load-carrying non-combat types such as freight and troop carriers, as well as some other specialised types, used by military forces around the world.

## In production

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Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Payload (t) | Range (km) | Notes

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AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | Rotorcraft |  | 1976 | 0.680 | 920 |
AgustaWestland AW101/EH-101 | Italy
United Kingdom | Rotorcraft |  | 1999 | 5.5 | 833 |
AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Rotorcraft |  | 2003 | 1.575 | 1,250 |
AgustaWestland AW149 | Italy | Rotorcraft |  | 2003 |  | 800 |
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat | Italy | Rotorcraft |  | 2014 | 1.5 | 777 |
AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant | Italy | Rotorcraft |  | 2000 | 8.5 | 833 |
Airbus A330 MRTT | Europe | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2007 | 45 | 14,800 |
Airbus A400M | Europe | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 2009 | 37 | 6,400 |
Alenia C-27J Spartan | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 2008 | 11.5 | 5,926 |
Antonov An-72 Coaler | Ukraine | Jet | Tactical | 1977 | 10 | 4,325 | [1]
Antonov An-178 | Ukraine | Jet | Tactical | 2015 | 18 | 5,500 |
Antonov An-132 | Ukraine | Propeller | Tactical | 2016 | 9.2 | 4,400 | Project suspended [2]
Bell UH-1Y Venom | US | Rotorcraft |  | 2008 | 3 |  |
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey | US | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1989 | 6.8 | 1,627 |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | US | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1991 | 77.5 | 10,390 |
Boeing C-40 Clipper | US | Jet | VIP | 2001 | 18 | 5,600 |
Boeing KC-767 | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2005 | 29.5 | 11,830 |
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2013 | 29.5 | 11,830 |
CASA CN-235 | Spain
Indonesia | Propeller | Tactical | 1983 | 5 | 5,003 |
EADS CASA C-295 | Spain
Indonesia
India | Propeller | Tactical | 1998 | 9.3 | 5,400 |
Changhe Z-18 | China | Rotorcraft |  | 2014 | 5 | 1,020 |
Embraer KC-390 | Brazil | Jet | Tactical | 2014 | 23 | 5,820 |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | Rotorcraft |  | 1978 | 1.5 | 572 |
Eurocopter AS565 Panther | France | Rotorcraft |  | 1986 | 2 | 572 |
Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma/Airbus Helicopters H225 | France | Rotorcraft |  | 2004 | 5.5 | 857 |
Eurocopter EC725/Airbus Helicopters H225M | France | Rotorcraft |  | 2005 | 5.5 | 857 |
Harbin Y-12 | China | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1983 |  | 1,340 |
Harbin Z-9 | China | Rotorcraft |  | 1994 | 1.5 | 572 |
HESA Simourgh | Iran | Propeller |  | 2023 | 6 | 900 |
Ilyushin Il-76 Candid | Russia | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1971 | 47 | 4,400 |
Ilyushin Il-112 | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 2011 | 5.9 | 5,000 |
Kawasaki C-2 | Japan | Jet | Tactical | 2010 | 37.6 | 6,500 |
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules | US | Propeller | Tactical / tanker | 1996 | 19-20 | 3,334 |
Mil Mi-8 | Russia | Rotorcraft |  | 1967 | 4 | 610 |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Rotorcraft |  | 1977 | 4 | 610 |
Mil Mi-26 | Russia | Rotorcraft |  | 1977 | 20 | 800 |
NHIndustries NH90 | EU | Rotorcraft |  | 2007 | 2.5 | 800 |
Shaanxi Y-8 | China | Propeller | Tactical | 1974 | 20 | 5,616 | [3]
Shaanxi Y-9 | China | Propeller | Tactical | 2008 | 25 | 2,200 |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1979 | 4 | 590 |
Xian Y-20 | China | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 2013 | 66 | 7,800 |

## In service / Out of production

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Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Rotorcraft |  | 1968 | 3 (Internal)/4.5(External) | 580 | [4]
Airbus A310 MRTT | EU | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2003 | 36 | 6,500 | [5]
Antonov An-2 Colt | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1947 | 2 | 845 | [6]
Antonov An-12 Cub | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1959 | 20 | 5,700 | [7]
Antonov An-22 Antei | USSR | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1965 | 80 | 5,000 | [8]
Antonov An-26 Curl | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1969 | 5.5 | 2,550 | [9]
Antonov An-28 Cash | USSR | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1986 | 2.5 | 1,500 | [10]
Antonov An-32 Cline | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1976 | 6.7 | 2,500 | [11]
Antonov An-70 | Ukraine | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1994 | 47 | 6,600 | [12]
Antonov An-124 Ruslan | USSR | Jet | Strategic | 1982 | 150 | 5,410 | [13]
BAe 146 | UK | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1981 |  |  |
Beechcraft C-12 Huron | US | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1974 | 2.1 | 2,900 | [14]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1959 | 1.7 | 507 |
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1970 |  | 460 |
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1964 | 2.2 | 1,020 |
Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1962 | 11 | 370 |
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1965 | 2 | 1,400 |
CASA C-212 Aviocar | Indonesia
Spain | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1971 | 2.8 | 1,433 | [15]
Changhe Z-8 | China | Rotorcraft |  | 1994 | 5 | 1,020 |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1966 |  | 1,434 |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | France | Rotorcraft |  | 1978 | 1.5 | 572 |
Fokker F27 Friendship | Netherlands | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 |  | 2,055 |
Fokker 50 | Netherlands | Propeller | Tactical | 1985 |  | 1,666 |
IAR 330 | Romania | Rotorcraft |  | 1975 |  | 572 |
Kawasaki C-1 | Japan | Jet | Tactical | 1970 | 11.9 | 1,300 | [16]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | US | Propeller | Tactical / tanker | 1954 | 20.4 | 3,800 |
Lockheed C-5M Galaxy | US | Jet | Strategic | 1968 | 127.4 | 9,000 [Note 1] | [17]
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 1980 | 76.5 | 18,000 [Note 2] | [18]
Short C-23 Sherpa | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1982 | 3.2 | 1,239 |
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1966 | 3.6 | 1,000 |
Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft |  | 1978 | 1.5 | 528 |
Westland Sea King / Commando | UK | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1969 |  | 1,230 |

## Notes

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1. ^ this range can be extended with aerial refuelling
2. ^ total fuel capacity 160,200kg could permit range well in excess of 18,000km (with reduced payload)

## Retired

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Aeritalia G.222 | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 1978 | 9 | 1,371 | [19]
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon | France | Rotorcraft |  | 1966 | 5 | 1,020 | [20]
AGO Ao 192 | Germany | Propeller | VIP/Comms | 1935 | (6 pax) | 1,360 | Six built
Airspeed AS.6 Envoy | UK | Propeller | VIP/Comms | 1934 | (6 pax) | 1,050 | approx 15-25 saw military service [21]
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford | UK | Propeller | Light transport/Comms | 1937 | (6 pax) | 1,400 | 8,851 built (mostly as trainers) [22]
Airspeed Horsa | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1941 |  |  | [23]
Antonov A-7 | USSR | Glider | Tactical | 1941 | 0.9 |  | [24]
Antonov An-8 Camp | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 | 11 | 2,780 | [25]
Antonov An-10 Cat | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1959 | 8.4 | 4,075 | [26]
Antonov An-14 Clod | USSR | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1966 | 7 | 650 | [27]
Arado Ar 232 | Germany | Propeller | Tactical | 1943 | 4.5 | 1,062 | [28]
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1960 | 13 | 5,552 | [29]
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1943 | 2 | 2,100 | [30]
Armstrong Whitworth Awana | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1923 |  | 580 | Prototype[31]
Atlas Oryx | South Africa | Rotorcraft |  | 1987 |  | 303 |
Avro Andover | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1924 |  | 740 | [32]
Avro York | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1944 | 9.1 | 4,800 |
Bloch MB.220 | France | Propeller | Tactical | 1939 |  | 1,400 | [33]
Blackburn Beverley | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1955 | 20 | 2,000 |
Blohm & Voss BV 144 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1944 |  | 1,550 |
Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking | Germany | Propeller |  | 1940 |  | 6,100 | Flying boat
Blohm & Voss Ha 139 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1936 |  | 4,600 | Prototype
Boeing C-73 | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 |  | 1,200 |
Boeing C-75 Stratoliner | US | Propeller | Strategic / VIP | 1942 | 3.6 | 2,820 | [34]
Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 5 | 3,219 | Prototype
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter | US | Propeller | Strategic / tanker | 1951 | 9.1 | 6,920 |
Boeing YC-14 | US | Jet | Tactical | 1976 | 31.4 | 5,136 | Prototype
Bristol Bombay | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1935 | 7 | 1,416 | Dual purpose bomber/transport
Bristol Britannia | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1957 | 18.5 | 7,130 | [35]
Bristol Freighter | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1945 | 7.3 (Mk31) | 1,320 |
Canadair North Star | Canada | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1946 | 5 | 6,212 |
Canadair CL-44/CC-106 Yukon | Canada | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1960 |  | 8,990 |
Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1960 | 6.4 | 3,660 |
Caproni Ca.122 | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 1934 |  | 1,500 | [36]
Caproni Ca.133 | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 1935 |  | 1,350 | [37]
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 4.5 | 5,311 |
Consolidated R2Y | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1944 | 5.5 | 6,400 | Prototype
Convair XC-99 | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1949 | 45 | 13,041 | Prototype
Convair C-131 Samaritan | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1950 |  | 750 |
Curtiss C-46 Commando | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 6.8 | 5,069 | [38]
Curtiss C-76 Caravan | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1943 | 3.6 | 1,210 | [39]
de Havilland DH.104 Dove | UK | Propeller | VIP | 1936 | 1 | 1,420 | [40]
de Havilland DH.114 Heron | UK | Propeller | VIP | 1950 |  | 1,473 | [41]
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 | 3.6 | 2,103 |
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1965 | 8.2 | 1,112 |
DFS 230 | Germany | Glider | Tactical | 1937 |  |  |
DFS 331 | Germany | Glider | Tactical | 1940 | 2.3 |  | Prototype
Dornier Do 19 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic | 1936 |  | 1,600 |
Douglas C-1 | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1926 | 1 | 620 | [42]
Douglas DC-2/C-32 | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 |  | 1,750 |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 3 | 2,600 |
Douglas C-54 Skymaster | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 |  | 6,400 |
Douglas C-74 Globemaster | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1945 | 22 | 5,470 |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain/C-117 Skytrain | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1951 | 3 | 2,600 |
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1947 | 12.7 | 6,700 |
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1950 | 34 | 10,975 |
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1956 | 53.5 | 6,590 |
Fairchild C-82 Packet | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1944 | 12.5 | 6,239 |
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1949 | 12.5 | 2,849 |
Fairchild C-123 Provider | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1949 | 11 | 1,666 |
Fairey Gannet COD.4 | UK | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1949 |  |  |
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache | Germany | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1940 |  | 700 |
Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 | Germany | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1943 |  |  | Prototype
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 |  | 3,560 |
Fokker Y1C | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1931 |  | 1,100 | [43]
General Aircraft Hamilcar | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1942 | 7 |  |
General Aircraft Hotspur | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1940 |  |  |
Gotha Go 146 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1936 |  | 1,000 |
Gotha Go 242 | Germany | Glider |  | 1941 | 4 |  |
Gotha Go 244 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1941 |  | 600 |
Gotha Go 345 | Germany | Glider |  | 1944 | 4.5 |  | Prototype
Gotha Ka 430 | Germany | Glider |  | 1943 | 1.7 |  | Prototype
Grumman C-1 Trader | US | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1952 | 1.6 | 2,092 |
Grumman C-2 Greyhound | US | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1964 | 4.5 | 2,400 |
Handley Page Clive | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1931 |  | 1,240 | [44]
Handley Page Halifax | UK | Propeller | Strategic/Tactical | 1940 | 3.6 | 2,990 | [45]
Handley Page Hastings | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 | 9 | 2,720 |
Handley Page H.P.51 | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1935 |  | 1,530 | [46]
Hawker Siddeley Andover | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1963 | 6.5 | 2,295 |
Heinkel He 70 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1932 |  | 1,820 | [47]
Ilyushin Il-12 Coach | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 1946 |  | 1,500 |
Ilyushin Il-14 Crate | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 1954 |  | 1,300 |
Ilyushin Il-18 Coot | USSR | Propeller |  | 1957 |  | 6,500 |
Junkers Ju 52 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1930 | 2 | 800 |
Junkers Ju 89 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1938 | 1.5 | 2,980 | Prototype
Junkers Ju 90 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 |  | 1,247 |
Junkers Ju 252 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 |  | 3,981 |
Junkers Ju 290 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 3 | 6,150 |
Junkers Ju 322 | Germany | Glider |  | 1941 | 20 |  | Prototype
Junkers Ju 352 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 |  | 1,800 |
Junkers Ju 390 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic | 1943 |  | 9,700 | Prototype
Junkers W 34 | Germany | Propeller | Tactical | 1926 |  | 900 | [48]
Kawasaki Ki-56 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1940 |  | 3,300 | [49]
Lisunov Li-2 | USSR | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1939 | 3 | 2,600 |
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1940 |  | 4,025 |
Lockheed C-69 Constellation | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 |  | 3,900 |
Lockheed C-121 Constellation | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 |  | 4,445 |
Lockheed R6V Constitution | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1946 |  | 8,670 | Prototype
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter | US | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1963 | 28.4 | 9,880 |
Lockheed TriStar (RAF) | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 1984 |  | 7,785 |
McDonnell Douglas C-9 | US | Jet | Strategic | 1968 |  | 4,700 |
McDonnell Douglas YC-15 | US | Jet | Tactical | 1975 | 35 | 4,810 | Prototype
Messerschmitt Me 321 | Germany | Glider | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 20 |  |
Messerschmitt Me 323 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 10 | 800 |
Mil Mi-4 Hound | USSR | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1952 | 1.6 | 500 |
Mil Mi-6 Hook | USSR | Rotorcraft |  | 1957 | 12 (internal), 8 (external) | 970 |
Mitsubishi Ki-57 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 |  | 3,000 |
Mitsubish MC-20 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic | 1944 |  | 2,700 | [50]
Myasishchev VM-T | USSR | Jet | Strategic | 1981 | 45 | 3,565 | [51]
Nakajima Ki-34 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 |  | 1,200 | [52]
Nanchang Y-5 | China | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1957 | 1,500 | 300 |
Percival Pembroke | UK | Propeller | Communications / Utility | 1952 |  | 1,660 |
Piasecki H-16 Transporter | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1953 |  | 348 | Prototype
Piasecki H-21 | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1952 |  | 427 | [53]
PZL M-28 Skytruck | Poland | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1993 | 2.5 | 1,500 |
Nord Noratlas | France | Propeller | Tactical | 1953 | 12.5 | 2,500 | [54]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 | Italy | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1935 | 2 | 1,500 |
Scottish Aviation Pioneer | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1947 |  | 680 |
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1955 | 2 | 1,287 |
Short Belfast | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1964 | 55 | 8,528 |
Short Skyvan | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1963 | 5 | 1,117 |
Short Stirling | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1940 | 6.4 | 3750 | [55]
Showa/Nakajima L2D | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1939 | 3 | 2,600 |
Siebel Fh 104 | Germany | Propeller |  | 1937 |  | 1,000 |
Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1956 | 3 | 233 | [56]
Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe | US | Rotorcraft |  | 1962 | 9.1 | 370 |
Slingsby Hengist | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1942 |  |  |
Sud-Ouest Bretagne | France | Propeller | Strategic | 1946 |  | 2,175 | [57]
Vickers Valentia | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1934 |  | 1,300 | [58]
Vickers Valetta | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 | 3 | 2,350 |
Vickers VC-10 | UK | Jet | Strategic / Tanker | 1962 |  |  |
Vickers Vernon | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1921 |  | 510 | [59]
Vickers Victoria | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1926 |  | 1,240 | [60]
Vickers Warwick C Mk III | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1944 | 4.3 | 3,700 | [61]
Waco CG-4A | US | Glider | Tactical | 1942 | 1.9 |  |
Yakovlev Yak-24 | USSR | Rotorcraft |  | 1952 | 3.5 | 165 |
Yakovlev Yak-100 | USSR | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1948 |  | 325 |

## See also

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* Cargo aircraft
* Military transport aircraft
* List of Aircraft

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* Unmanned (UAV)
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* Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C)
* Aeronaval
* Carrier
* Maritime patrol
* Navalised
* Seaplane
* Attack
* Counter-insurgency
* Gunship
* Bomber
* Heavy bomber
* Light bomber
* Medium bomber
* Strategic
* Penetrator
* Pathfinder
* Close air support
* Electronic warfare (EW)
* Intruder
* Fighter
* Air superiority
* Interceptor
* Emergency
* Escort
* Night
* Multi-role
* Interdictor
* Fighter-bomber
* Strike fighter

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Non-combat|

* Experimental
* Liaison
* Reconnaissance
* Scout
* Surveillance
* Scout
* Search and rescue
* Air sea rescue
* Combat search and rescue
* Tanker
* Testbed
* Trainer
* Transport

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