The Iraqi Air Force(IQAF) is set to receive its final three Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifters. Aircraft number 5721 was t...
Aircraft number 5721 was the first of these aircraft to be ferried from Lockheed Martin’s production facility here on April 23, 2013.All three C-130Js were ferried to U.S. Air Force bases prior to delivery to the IQAF.
The IQAF, a legacy C-130 operator, received its first C-130J in December 2012 and will have a total of six C-130Js in its new Hercules fleet.
The IQAF uses the airlifters for intra-theater support for its troops and to provide humanitarian relief operations in various locations.
The Iraqi air force's air transport fleet already included three older C-130Es, which were acquired from surplus US Air Force stocks.
