Lockheed Martin HC 130 J

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] will take delivery of its first HC-130J combat rescue tanker later this year, with the
aircraft having emerged at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Marietta production plant in Georgia on 3 April.

Pictured leaving the main assembly building ahead of painting, the aircraft will soon enter production flight-testing, says Lockheed. "The HC-130J will meet an initial operating capability date in mid-2012," it adds.

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]'s Air Combat Command has ordered its first two of a planned 18 HC-130Js, and will also acquire 26 MC-130J tankers, as listed in Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.

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18:04 GMT, May 27, 2010 MARIETTA, Ga. |
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $245 million contract from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of three KC-130J tanker aircraft to Kuwait. The program will be managed by the U.S. Navy.

The Kuwait Air Force's new KC-130Js will provide aerial refueling for its F18 fleet and augment its current airlift fleet of three Lockheed Martin L-100s. Kuwait's KC-130Js also will perform air mobility, disaster relief and humanitarian missions throughout the world.