Posted on 05/03/2010 1:32:14 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Israeli C-130 (click to view full) In July 2008, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Israel’s request to buy up to 9 stretched C-130J-30 aircraft, which will replace some of the aging C-130 aircraft that Israel made famous in its 1976 commando raid at Entebbe, Uganda . Appropriately, the new aircraft will also contain a number of features associated with the new HC/MC-130J Special Forces aircraft bought by India and the USA. It has taken some time, but Israel has finally become the 13th C-130J customer nation. The order is a bit smaller than expected, however...
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The 130J is a tanker with the ability to refuel Israels fighters.
I wonder if the ones with the extra fuel tanks could carry one of these:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/dshtw.htm
the distance from Israel to Qom?
DG
The C-130J is the latest version of the C-130 family of aircraft. It is most easily identified by it's 6-bladed Dowty propellers.
Not all C-130Js are tankers. The Marine Corps KC-130J is a tanker, and the AFSOC MC-130J has refueling capabilities. However, both aircraft only employ the hose-and-drogue method of refueling, which is used by US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, and by helicopters.
However, of Israel's fighter/attack aircraft, only their A-4 Skyhawk uses probe-and-drogue refueling. Their F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft require the use of a refueling boom, which are refueled by Israel's converted Boeing 707 tankers.
Slip it onto a C-130U. They are used to that stuff.
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