Source: DTN News / Lockheed Martin - June 9th, 2010(NSI News Source Info) MARIETTA, Ga., - June 10, 2010: The first three C-130J Super Hercules for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Marietta, Ga. India will receive six aircraft plus support, with the first aircraft arrival in India scheduled for February 2011. 
The six C-130Js will give the Indian Army and Air Force new special operations capabilities using the world’s most advanced airlifter.
The six C-130Js will give the Indian Army and Air Force new special operations capabilities using the world’s most advanced airlifter. The Indian Air Force purchased six C-130J-30s in early 2008 at a cost of up to US$1.059 billion. It is a package deal with the US government under its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, and India has retained options to buy six more of these aircraft for its special forces for combined army-air force operations.
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