Possible sale of six former US military KC-130Rs to Japan

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Possible sale of six former US military KC-130Rs to Japan

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Re: Possible sale of six former US military KC-130Rs to Japa

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Intended to act as replacement a/c for the remaining YS-11 of the navy.

They will only be used as transports, not as a-to-a refuelers.
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Seems excessive to replace the 3 remaining YS-11M with 6 of these these KC-130Rs.
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Japanese Defense Forces to Buy Excess C-130

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Some aircraft being saved from the scrapyard,On the front page upper right:

http://www.navair.navy.mil
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pilotman6012 wrote:Some aircraft being saved from the scrapyard,On the front page upper right:

http://www.navair.navy.mil
A (more) direct link: http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... ry&id=5277

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