The first C-130J transport aircraft for the French Air Force

The American corporation Lockheed Martin announced the rollout of the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules medium-sized military transport aircraft built for the French Air Force in its plant in Marietta, Georgia, reports bmpd.

The contract for the supply of two Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transporters and two KS-130J transport refueling planes based on them was concluded early last year. The deal amounted to about $ 650 million, of which 295 million is the cost of the actual 4's aircraft, as well as the 4's spare Rolls Royce AE-2100D turboprop engines.

The remaining 355 million - “the cost of the self-defense systems installed on the aircraft (including AN / ALE-47, AN / AAR-47A (V) 2 and AN / ALR-56M systems), navigation systems, communication systems, as well as spare parts, technical support, training of personnel, etc. ", it is told in the message.

The first pair of C-130J-30 aircraft must be delivered to the French Air Force at the end of the 2017 year. Aircraft in the version of the tanker KS-130J will be delivered in 2019 year.

The purchase of the aircraft became part of the plan announced by the French government in the spring of 2015 to allocate additional 3,8 billion euros in military spending during 2016-2019, including 1,5 billion to purchase new weapons and equipment.

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[Shurik70]

None of the photos ...
For the first time in my life I see a pilot waving a flag from the cockpit

[WUA 518]

Quote: Shurik70

For the first time in my life I see a pilot waving a flag from the cockpit

It is a tradition when a new type first appears at the airfield. In the Air Force, when re-equipping a regiment, the first aircraft is greeted with the removal of the combat banner of the unit.

[Shurik70]

Quote: WUA 518

Quote: Shurik70

For the first time in my life I see a pilot waving a flag from the cockpit

It is a tradition when a new type first appears at the airfield. In the Air Force, when re-equipping a regiment, the first aircraft is greeted with the removal of the combat banner of the unit.

In your photo, fighters near the runway are holding a flag. This is normal.
The pilot waving the flag FROM THE CABIN, PUSHING IT IN THE WINDOW, is ... uh ... First time I see.

[WUA 518]

Quote: Shurik70

In your photo, fighters near the runway are holding a flag. This is normal.

Not the fighters, but the famous group, not the flag, but the combat banner of the unit!

Quote: Shurik70

The pilot waving the flag FROM THE CAB

Like painted in detail ....

[Orionvit]

Quote: Shurik70

For the first time in my life I see a pilot waving a flag from the cockpit

It would be interesting if he waving a flag in flight.

[antivirus]

Lockheed Martin announces the roll-out of its first C-130J-30 medium military transport aircraft built at its facility in Marietta, Georgia

- WAS THERE ANY AIRBAS DELIVERY IN THE US AIR FORCE AS IT HAPPENED?

[Kurare]

The country in which a similar aircraft is manufactured buys it in the United States. The complete failure of the program A-400M! European shame!

[sogdy]

Hollande is such a hollander ...

[Cxnumx]

Quote: Kurare

The country in which a similar aircraft is manufactured buys it in the United States. The complete failure of the program A-400M! European shame!

this is not counting the contracts for the services of IL-76 and AN-124)))

[Kurare]

Nothing, the whole world uses IL-76 and An-124 services under contracts. Competition.

[chikod]

I think the comparison is incorrect.
The A-400M is much larger in both payload and flight range. And twice as expensive.

[Kurare]

Quote: chikod

I think the comparison is incorrect.
The A-400M is much larger in both payload and flight range. And twice as expensive.

Even as correct. A-400M was created specifically as a European alternative to Hercules. Yes, it is bigger and load-carrying than Hercules, but this was done for its greater versatility.

Do not forget that the concept of Hercules is the 50s. And in those years there were more stringent weight requirements for equipment transported by aircraft of this class. Now the technology is getting harder and harder. 20 tonne armored personnel carriers - nothing extraordinary.

[avt]

Quote: Kurare

European shame!

Well, something like that.

It's some kind of ... shame. "

and really

Quote: Kurare

The complete failure of the program A-400M!

Which could not be brought to the declared performance characteristics. But in 90 = e they were offered An-7- in cooperation with the Germans to do under the An-7X brand.

[Kurare]

Quote: avt

But in 90 = e they were offered An-7- in cooperation with the Germans to do under the An-7X brand.

Rumor has it that the Europeans were allowed to the project so close that they even had the opportunity to study in detail the technical specifications for the plane with all the little things. After that, they issued TK for the Atlas, which, "surprisingly", is very similar to the TK for the An-70.

To be honest, I am very sorry for the An-70, I could have a great plane.

[Nikolai Grek]

Quote: Kurare

To be honest, I am very sorry for the An-70, I could have a great plane.

and thank god that did not work out !!! right now would have had problems with Ukrainians in this project ... and not the Germans, but Russia !!!

[Kurare]

Quote: Nikolai the Greek

... right now, they would have had problems with Ukrainians in this project ... and not the Germans, but Russia !!!

And problems, and so, without a common An-70 is enough!

[Nikolai Grek]

Quote: Kurare

Quote: Nikolai the Greek

... right now, they would have had problems with Ukrainians in this project ... and not the Germans, but Russia !!!

And problems, and so, without a common An-70 is enough!

that’s just the point .. and there are so many of them, we would still be with this plane !!

[drunkram]

The fact that a pan-European military transport plane that took a bunch of euros and dollars burned out is no longer news, they will buy a couple of machines to support their trousers and a curtain. Chetarzhu. It’s better to buy a couple of An-404s from 124, instead of 10 A400Ms completely, but it’s so ... lyrics. To buy a plane with roots from the 60s CE like this in Europe or let them buy seats from 124 to 76 from Volgadnepr

[Kurare]

Quote: drunkram

It’s better to buy a couple of An-404s from 124, instead of 10 A400Ms completely, but it’s so ... lyrics.

Well, if for the lyrics, then 404 will not be able to produce a single Ruslan, too many components in Russia must be ordered.

[drunkram]

I mean - from the availability

[Kurare]

It’s easier and cheaper to rent. Europeans, on an ongoing basis, do not really need such heavy trucks.

[Ushly_bashkort]

Well, their planes are ugly, at least try it yourself. You look at ours, so there all the lines are smooth, correct, but here there are some mutants. I understand that this has little effect on flight performance, but still ...

[Orionvit]

Quote: Ushly_bashkort

Well, their planes are ugly. I understand that this has little effect on flight performance, but still ...

True, beautiful planes fly better. Any pilot will tell you this. Unless of course he is in love with the sky.

[drunkram]

And besides, there is less resistance to the oncoming flow. The same A400M has better aerodynamics than the 60-year-old C-130

[Shurik70]

Beauty is a relative concept.

Someone on the hornet will say "what a dirty trick", and someone "what a beautiful, functional perfection." And the F-117 has its own, peculiar beauty.
F-35 and PAK-FA are beautiful, but if you do not know the technical details, F-35 looks faster, and PAK-FA is more maneuverable. But both are beautiful.

[Ushly_bashkort]

CAUSE DA RED GOEZ FASTA!

[Dedall]

Wow, how I love to beat them in the DCS simulator. For some reason, it burns in it better than our An-30B from the same game. I wonder if this is really so?