#cc130j

With 32 Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports that ranged in age from examples built in 1960 to as recently as 1997, the 32-strong Hercules transport fleet with the Royal Canadian Air Force was approaching the end of their service lives with heavy utilization over the years. In 2006, Canada announced a multi-billion dollar investment in airlift with an order for four Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs, 17 Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules as well as a number of medium lift helicopters. ⁣ ⁣ The Hercules order was for the stretched -30 variant which was designated CC-130J in Canadian service. The first two were delivered in June 2010, six months ahead of schedule with the first Canadian Herks deploying to Afghanistan in December of that year. ⁣ ⁣ By May 2012, all 17 of the CC-130Js were delivered. With the Hercules order worth $1.4 billion, included were nearly $900 million in industrial offsets benefiting Canadian industry. ⁣ ⁣ Compared to the older Hercules models flown by the Canadians, the CC-130Js are more capable and require only three crew (two pilots and a loadmaster) compared to five with the older aircraft. The new Hercules transports are assigned to 8 Wing at CFB Trenton, Ontario. ⁣ ⁣ #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #AllianceAirport #FWAAS2017 #AllianceAirShow2017 #airport #planespotting #Lockheed #CC130J #Hercules #RCAF #instagramaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvGeekNation #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3TF0sEBQWx/?igshid=1j5esy74itr9e

One of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Lockheed CC-130Js sits in the predawn light at Fort Worth Alliance Airport this past October. Canada got the first of seventeen CC-130Js (Canadian designation of the C-130J-30 Hercules) on 4 June 2010 and all are based with the 8 Wing at CFB Trenton, Ontario. The deliveries were completed in April 2012 and were part of an order that included C$1.4 billion in Canadian industrial offsets. Lockheed has about 900 employees in Canada, mostly devoted to the support of the CC-130J. 436 Squadron “Tusker” operates the CC-130J under the aegis of 8 Wing, replacing older C-130E aircraft. 436 Squadron was originally established in 1944 in Gujrat, India, to support RAF operations in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater with Douglas C-47 Dakotas. The squadron’s badge reflects its origins in India. In the CBI, 436 Squadron was part of the Combat Cargo Task Force, operating with both RAF and USAAF transport units in an inter-Allied cooperative effort that would later shape inter-Allied cooperation in NATO during the early days of the Cold War. I believe 436 Squadron was the last Canadian squadron to come home at the end of the Second World War. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #AllianceAirport #FWAAS2017 #AllianceAirShow2017 #airport #planespotting #Lockheed #C130 #CC130J #SuperHercules #Hercules #RCAF #CanadianForces #8Wing #instagramaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #Avgeekery #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)

Struggling to find wifi but the last few days have been fun! #airborne #cc130j #RCAF #cfbtrenton (at CFD Mountain View)