Indian Air Force eyes Hercules C-130J, Mi-17 choppers

Posted on: May. 1st, 2006 || Source: newkerala.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Indian Air Force eyes Hercules C-130J, Mi-17 choppers

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is eyeing the Hercules C-130J heavy-lift aircraft, even as it hopes the government will soon clear its proposal to purchase 80 more Mi-17 multi-utility helicopters to augment its capability for humanitarian operations.

"We are not looking at the C-130 because we have equivalent transports. What we are looking at is the C-130J for its multi-operations capability," the IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, said during a media interaction here following a ceremony at which the air force retired its fleet of MiG-25 spy planes.

A representative of the US aerospace major Lockheed-Martin, the C-130J's manufacturer, said the aircraft had been offered to the IAF.

"We have offered them the aircraft and it is for them to make up their minds," he said.

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