New transport aircraft for Algerian Air Force

There were already rumours that the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'iriya (Force Aérienne Algérienne, Algerian Air Force) would receive the new Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules.

Although we have not seen a photo yet, the first C-130J with serial 7T-WJA (construction number 382-5818) was seen at Greenville/Donaldson Center (SC) on 23 May 2021.

It is reported that the Algerian Air Force has ordered four C-130Js and that Algerian pilots and maintenance crews are already trained in the US. Currently, the air force operates the C-130H and C-130H-30 Hercules with the 2ème Escadre de Transport Tactique et Logistique at Boufarik air base.

According to the Scramble Magazine database, the air force has eight C-130H and six C-130H-30 transporters operational.

But the C-130J is not the only new transport aircraft. Also four Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A transporters are reported as ordered. No details are known yet on the delivery schedules of both aircraft.

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Photo: USAF by Airman 1st Class Rhett Isbell (C-130J) and Pavel Fetisov via Russianplanes.net (Il-76MD-90)