First of RNZAF’s new Hercules emerges from paint shop
Replacements for existing fleet have greater range and payload.
RNZAF C130J Hercules at Lockheed Martin’s Georgia facility in the US. Photo: NZDF.
Five new aircraft are on track for delivery from next year to replace the C-130H (NZ) Hercules, which were purchased in 1965.
Project team leader Andrew Rooney, of the Ministry of Defence, said: “It took 14 painters two days to apply 238 litres of paint on the 11.85m high aircraft, using ladders
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