{"id":52014,"date":"2018-06-08T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/08\/french-air-force-receives-second-super-hercules-aircraft-from-lockheed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:50:01","slug":"french-air-force-receives-second-super-hercules-aircraft-from-lockheed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/06\/08\/french-air-force-receives-second-super-hercules-aircraft-from-lockheed\/","title":{"rendered":"French Air Force receives second Super Hercules aircraft from Lockheed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2015 The French Air Force has taken delivery of a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/01\/16\/french-order-of-c-130j-aircraft-signals-plan-for-larger-air-force-fleet\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">C-130J Super Hercules transport plane<\/a>, which flew across the Atlantic Ocean to land at the Orleans air base, the Armed Forces Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe second C-130J Super Hercules and its crew arrived Thursday, June 7 at Orleans air base from the Lockheed Martin plant at Marietta in the United States,\u201c the ministry said June 7 in its briefing note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delivery came within the schedule estimated by Lockheed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first operational logistics capability of the aircraft was authorized at the end of May, meeting the estimated timetable, the ministry said. That is slightly later than the three months of tests the Air Force had previously planned for the first C-130J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service can now fly the first two C-130Js to carry freight and passengers to foreign theaters. The first C-130J flew May 21 to support the French air base in Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/01\/15\/france-welcomes-the-first-c-130j-super-hercules-airlifter\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c-130.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">France welcomes the first C-130J Super Hercules airlifter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly on 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