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A C-130J flew from Australia to Antarctica in February 2020, the first time a RAAF Hercules had done so since 1983. [39] The ADF's 2020 Force Structure Plan identified a need to replace the C-130J Hercules with an expanded fleet of transport aircraft. In 2021 the RAAF requested information from Lockheed Martin about how it could supply 24 new C ...
Australia said Monday it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules from the United States in a 9.8 billion Australian dollar ($6.6 billion) deal that will increase by two-thirds the size of the Australian ...
Alenia C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter No. 35 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) 10 Italy Lockheed C-130J Hercules medium transport No. 37 Squadron (RAAF Base Richmond) 12 (20 on order to replace and expand current fleet) [5] United States Boeing C-17 Globemaster heavy transport No. 36 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) 8 United States
In response to Australia's increasing air transport needs during the Vietnam War, the squadron was re-formed at Richmond in February 1966, and equipped with the C-130E Hercules. It began converting to the C-130J model in 1999, and between 2006 and 2012 also operated C-130Hs formerly of No. 36 Squadron.
The aircraft, an EC-130Q Hercules, registered N134CG, was operated by Coulson Aviation (Australia) Pty Ltd and manufactured by the Lockheed Corporation in 1981. It was powered by four Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines. The aircraft was previously owned by the US Navy who transferred it to NASA in 1992, who later placed it in storage.
It returned to Australia and the aegis of No. 86 Wing in 1955. The squadron began re-equipping with Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Richmond in 1958, becoming the first non-US operator of the type. Over the next half-century it flew two models of Hercules, the C-130A and C-130H. The squadron transferred to Amberley in 2006, when it took delivery of ...
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The C-130J is the newest version of the C-130 Hercules, and the only model currently in production.