RAF Hercules C-130J over flying Woodbridge airfield, Suffolk, UK.
The RAF has a total of 25 C-130J C4/C5 aircraft. The C4 is almost the same size as the current C3 aircraft, but with a slightly shorter fuselage, while the C5 is the same size as the C1. The main role of the Hercules C-130J is also Tactical Air Transport (TacAT), and its capabilities are broadly similar to that of the C-130K. However, its engines and advanced propellers, coupled with a digital engine-control system, give the C-130J increased take-off thrust and better fuel efficiency than its predecessor. The aircraft also has a revised flight deck with modern glass-cockpit and head-up displays allowing two-pilot flight deck operation. The cockpit of the aircraft is fully compatible with the use of night-vision goggles and, like the C-130K, it is equipped with station-keeping equipment that enables the aircraft to maintain its airborne position in a large formation in poor weather. In addition to its TacAT role, the C-130J can also be used in the AT role, offering similar range and payload to the C-130K, operating either strategically from a Main Operating Base, or tactically from a Deployed Operating Base.
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Location: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.
Photo credit: © Clynt Garnham Aviation / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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