Indonesia Retires C-130B Hercules

Indonesia Retires C-130B Hercules

The Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara /TNI AU) has officially stopped operating the C-130B Hercules transport aircraft with registration number A-1312.

The ceremony for stopping the operation of the aircraft deployed to the 32nd Air Squadron was chaired directly by the Indonesian Air Force Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo at the Abdul Rachman Saleh Air Base, Malang, Friday. Kasau said that TNI AU started using the C-130B A-1312 aircraft in 1975.

Indonesia Retires C-130B Hercules

The country has ordered five C-130J Super Hercules and has 22 remaining C-130B/H in the inventory, along with nine C-295 and five C-235 CASAs.

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