France confirms buying four C-130J US transport planes

Gestart door Sparkplug, 02/01/2016 | 19:43 uur

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Elzenga

Citaat van: Sparkplug op 02/01/2016 | 22:07 uur
De VS gaf afgelopen november toestemming voor 2 x C-130J en 2 x KC-130J (zie dsca.mil link). Afwachten of het ook in deze vorm aan Frankrijk wordt geleverd.
Ja vooral de KC-130Js zijn geloof ik hard nodig..omdat de A400Ms geen SOF helikopters kunnen bijtanken (nog)...

Sparkplug

Citaat van: Thomasen op 02/01/2016 | 21:28 uur
MC-130J zou mooi zijn!
Maar eerder berichten oer budgetten wijzen niet in die richting.
De VS gaf afgelopen november toestemming voor 2 x C-130J en 2 x KC-130J (zie dsca.mil link). Afwachten of het ook in deze vorm aan Frankrijk wordt geleverd.
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

dudge

MC-130J zou mooi zijn!
Maar eerder berichten oer budgetten wijzen niet in die richting.

Micheltje

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-defence-lockheed-idUSKBN0UF1YB20160101


France to buy four Lockheed C130 military transport planes

France said on Friday it would buy four C130 Hercules military transport planes from U.S. weapons maker Lockheed-Martin due to problems with European planemaker Airbus's A400M.

A Defense Ministry source had said in May that France had penciled several hundreds of millions of euros into its latest defense budget for the possible purchase of those four planes and would make a decision by year-end.

"I confirmed the purchase a few days ago," Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said during a visit to a military base in Jordan from which French jets are carrying out strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria.

The delivery of the C130s could start in 2017, a French military source said.

Le Drian did not go into details over issues with the A400M.

In July, Airbus Group had told buyer nations of the A400M transporter aircraft, which has been developed for seven European NATO nations, that it would not deliver all of its high-tech defenses according to plan.

An A400M crashed during a test flight in May.

Sparkplug

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France confirms buying four C-130J US transport planes

AFP | 1 January 2016

ON A JORDANIAN MILITARY BASE (AFP) - French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed Friday that Paris will buy four Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transport planes, in a deal that was announced by the United States in November.*

The purchase, to compensate for a delay in deliveries of the Airbus A400M, was said to be worth $650 million (600 million euros).

Le Drian, addressing troops at a military base in Jordan used by French air forces for attacks on the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq said "despite budget constraints, the president (of France) decided to give our armed forces all the means to pursue your missions."

http://www.france24.com/en/20160101-france-confirms-buying-four-c-130j-us-transport-planes

* http://dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/france-c-130j-aircraft
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.