Freak hailstorm in Afghanistan grounded five RAF C-130Js earlier this year

Five RAF C-130Js were grounded earlier this year after a freak hailstorm in Kandahar airbase, Afghanistan.

Details of the repair effort, dubbed Operation Weatherman, were revealed in a citation of an award from the RAF Chief of the Air Staff to Marshall Aerospace.

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