10 Intersting Factsof c-130J :) 1. The C-130 family represents the longest production run of any aircraft currently flown by the United States military. The design has outlived replacement platforms, serving the skies for more than 50 years. Each incarnation carries upgrades, including the C-130J, which incorporates a new flight deck and modernized engines. 2. The C-130 series has logged over one-million hours flying special missions, including combat and humanitarian efforts. 3. At least 15 countries utilize the state of the art C-130J, with dozens more nations operating other models within the C-130 family. 4. Around a dozen active operations worldwidecurrently rely on the service of the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter. 5. The family of aircraft represents nearly 2500 individual planes, which have been delivered since Lockheed martin began manufacturing the unique vessels. Orders forthe latest model stand at around three-hundred, serving the Unites States Air Force, as well as those in Italy, Canada, Norway and Denmark. 6. The Super Hercules is capable of conveying more than 40,000 pounds of cargo and supplies. Six standard full-sized pallets of goods, for example, can be loaded directly to a single planes cargo bay, using the C-130s unique fold-down ramp. The craft can accommodate 92 combat troops on personnel transport missions. And the redesign of the versatile cargo handling system found on the C-130J ensures infinite combinations of cargo are easily configured within the cargo compartment. 7. The C-130J is capable of landing and taking off on short runways of less than 2000feet in length, allowing the craft to serve in mountainous regions and other challenging terrain 8. With a maximum normal cargo load on board, the C-130J Super Hercules has an upper-limit cruising altitude of twenty-eightthousand feet, and is able to travel a range of more than 2000 miles. 9. The C-130J-30 isa stretched-out version of the C-130, lengthened by 15 feet in the fuselage for increased cargo handling abilities. The extra space accommodates two additional pallet-loads of equipment and supplies. 10. Variants of the C-130J include the HC-130J Combat King, which is the Air Forces only fixed-wing personnel recovery craft. The Combat King is outfitted specifically to avoid early detection and has expanded range capabilities. The family of aircraft also includesthe Weatherbird, a specially appointed craft used to enter hurricanes and other weather systems to recover data as storms unfold.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:15:23 +0000
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