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 air force’s fleet of its second-largest heavy transport aircraft.
  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 years ago

    People always talk about b52 as an ancient plane, but the c130 is only a year or so newer. Still a great platform.

  • skribeEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    Meanwhile the Poms are ditching theirs for the A400M.

  • DesignateEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    ahhhhh so thats where that mining surplus is being spent