You can attach & deattach sort of add-on..Why is it the tail # KC 3802 has no A2A refuelling probe while present on the tail# KC 3801 ?
Why ? What's wrong with the current name ?my plea to IAF, MOD and DFI members to please change the name C-130J into H/HC-130J.......
what is under the nose????
Courtesy RandyM @ MP.net
That is Infrared Imaging system to carry out night insertion of cargo's and night landing on unprepared landing stripswhat is under the nose????
India to buy 6 more C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircraft
India to buy 6 more C-130J `Super Hercules` aircraftNew Delhi: The Defence Ministry today gave its nod for purchase of six more C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft from the US in a deal worth over Rs 4,000 crore.
The Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minister A K Antony cleared the deal and it will now go to Cabinet Committee on Security for the final approval, sources said.
The DAC also cleared a proposal for placing an order for 235 T-90 tanks worth Rs 6,000 crore with the Ordnance Factory Board. These battle tanks would be manufactured under the Transfer-of-Technology agreement India has signed with Russia.
The Indian Air Force already has six C-130J planes, which it had acquired at a cost of around 1.06 billion USD and are deployed at its Hindon airbase.
The new lot of six planes will be located at Panagarh in West Bengal, which would be headquarters of the proposed Mountain Strike Corps of the army along the China border.
The CCS had cleared the army's proposal for raising the Corps, which is expected to cost Rs 62,000 crore, in its meeting on July 17.
Like the first lot, the purchase of six more aircraft will be through the foreign military sales route between India and the US governments.
The aircraft is capable of airdropping commandos and material in darkness due to its night-vision imaging. It can prove very handy in wartime due to its ability for special air operations and transport of material and supplies.
During peacetime, it can be used in mountainous terrain in hostile circumstances. The four-engine plane with Rolls Royce engines has the technology and configuration to perform low-level precision flying.
It was recently used in rescue operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand.
PTI
So if the Six new join the fleet, what will be the fleet size??
6+6+6=18
or
6+6=12
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But this below article claims that India has ordered 6 in 2007 and 6 in 2012..6 at Hindon (already present) + 6 for Panagarh (yet to be ordered)
The US has accepted India's request for supplying six more C-130J special operations transport aircraft to the IAF and a communication in this regard was given to the Defence Ministry recently.
India had sent a Letter of Request (LoR) to the US government in September last year for procuring six additional C-130J aircraft.
The US government submitted a Letter of Acceptance on April 10 to the Indian Defence Ministry for clearance. Like the first six aircraft, the additional six were also being acquired through foreign military sales (FMS) route, Lockheed Martin officials told PTI here.
India had signed a deal worth $ one billion with the US in 2007 for six aircraft which are deployed at the Hindon air base near here. The deal for the additional six aircraft is also expected to be around $ one billion.
Commenting on the development, Lockheed Martin's India head Roger Rose said, "The C-130Js, which were delivered ahead of schedule and within budget, have performed well for the Indian Air Force (IAF)."
"Lockheed Martin looks forward to continuing our disciplined programme performance by supporting the first six and any additional aircraft the Government of India may order," he added.
The IAF has decided to deploy the additional six aircraft at its base in Panagarh in West Bengal to take care of the requirements of formations deployed in the northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The aircraft will also be used by the Special Forces to carry out operations or rapid deployment in case of incidents such as the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.