Syark Air Forces - 1/72 Italeri C130J USAF SUPERHERCULES















1/72 Italeri C130J USAF SUPERHERCULES

Modeler : Buy from Laksamana Sunan

Thanks a lot to LS because with his will, I got this model. Long time and short budget during that time slowed me to buy this model. Now My model Hercules already displayed in Shah Alam My family House. The scale 1/72 has been chosen because the limited space that occur in my home now. I need to found another house due to increase Armor collection hehehehhe.


The C-130J is the newest version of the Hercules and the only model still in production. Externally similar to the classic Hercules in general appearance, the J-model features considerably updated technology. These differences include new Rolls-Royce AE 2100 D3 turboprops with Dowty R391 composite scimitar propellers, digital avionics (including head-up displays (HUDs) for each pilot), and reduced crew requirements. These changes have improved performance over its C-130E/H predecessors, such as 40% greater range, 21% higher maximum speed, and 41% shorter takeoff distance. The J-model is available in a standard-length or stretched -30 variant.
The C-130J's crew includes two pilots and one loadmaster (no navigator or flight engineer). The United States Marine Corps utilizes a crew chief for expeditionary operations. Its cargo compartment is approximately 41 feet (12.5 m) long, 9 feet (2.74 m) high, and 10 feet (3.05 m) wide, and loading is from the rear of the fuselage. The aircraft can also be configured with the "enhanced cargo handling system". The system consists of a computerized loadmaster's station from which the user can remotely control the under-floor winch and also configure the flip-floor system to palletized roller or flat-floor cargo handling. Initially developed for the USAF, this system enables rapid role changes to be carried out and so extends the C-130J's time available to complete taskings.
Lockheed Martin received the launch order for the J-model from the RAF, which ordered 25 aircraft, with first deliveries beginning in 1999 as Hercules C4 (C-130J-30) and Hercules C5 (C-130J). The standard C-130J had a flyaway cost of US$62 million in 2008.
In mid-June 2008, the United States Air Force awarded a $470 million contract to Lockheed Martin for six modified KC-130J aircraft for use by the Air Force and Special Operations Command. The contract led to C-130J variants that will replace aging HC-130s and MC-130s.[6] The HC-130J Combat King II personnel recovery aircraft completed developmental testing on 14 March 2011. The final test point was air-to-air refueling, and was the first ever boom refueling of a C-130 where the aircraft’s refueling receiver was installed during aircraft production. This test procedure also applied to the MC-130J Combat Shadow II aircraft in production for Air Force Special Operations Command.

RoleMilitary transport, aerial refuelling
National originUnited States
ManufacturerLockheed Martin
First flight5 April 1996
Introduction1999
StatusIn production
Primary usersUnited States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
Royal Air Force
Italian Air Force
See Operators for others
Number built206 as of Dec 2010
Unit costUS$62 million (C-130J 2008 flyaway cost)
Developed fromLockheed C-130 Hercules

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