Re: USAF struggles to find need for more Lockmart aircraft


"hcobb" <henry.cobb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:225b2472-9e60-4193-b20c-7cb76a0969a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Force is treating Lockmart as if they were Boeing?

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/air-force-pushes-for-more-c-130js-2008-02-27.html
Wynne told reporters at the hearing that the Air Force is "trying to make sure we have a need" for
the number of C-130Js proposed by Lockheed Martin.

-HJC

Unless the US has given up its requirement for maintaining a decent tactical airlift capability, it needs more than a few new C-130's. The last 15 years of unpleasantness in the middle east has worn out the C-141's (fleet retired) and most of the C-130E's. The -H's are getting tired too.

Unless there is another option on the horizon, I don't see a way around buying a bunch of C-130J's.

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