| Australia has been using C130-J's quite successfully for some 5 years.
We use wind deflectors when doing para drops so no dramas there, and the HUPRA system to recover hooked up grunts.
We moded ours differently to the yank ones. Including engines and cockpit set up. A shaky start initiallly but going great now.
The US Air NAtional Gaurd who use Js are liasing with Australia to perfect operating procedures and fault analysis dramas they have been having.
2 aussie Js in the middle east are carrying 10% of the current airlift capeability for that theatre.
Not a bad effort. |