Thu, Nov 26, 2009
Simultaneous Deliveries To Japan And Germany
Lockheed Martin simultaneously delivered two C-130Js last week
(file photo, right) to two different customers last week - a C-130J
to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a KC-130J to the U.S. Marine
Corps.
The Air Force C-130J was accepted by Brig. Gen. Mark C.
"Marshal" Dillon, commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air
Base, and commander, Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany.
The KC-130J Tanker was accepted by a Marine Corps flight crew and
will be based at VMGR-152, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma,
Okinawa, Japan.
"Adding another C-130J is not a linear addition; it's geometric
in terms of the capability of the airplane," Dillon said. "One plus
one doesn't always equal two, sometimes it equals three or four
because of the great capability of the C-130J. After spending the
last two weeks at Little Rock Air Force Base and seeing the
tremendous capability of the C-130J, it's just going to add
capability to Ramstein, Europe and that part of the world - which
our country needs and our European partners need."
"Delivery of two aircraft to two customers in one day is a clear
indication of the accelerating pace of the C-130J program," said
Ross Reynolds, Lockheed Martin vice-president, C-130 programs. "The
worldwide demand for this proven airlifter continues to grow and we
are steadily increasing production to meet the demand."
The Ramstein delivery represents the eighth C-130J for the base,
which will receive 10 C-130Js by the end of 2009. Four more will be
delivered in 2010. The KC-130J is the 36th of 46 aircraft on order
to be delivered to the USMC.
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