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RAF’s C-130Js gain external tanks

Posted on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 by alert5

The Royal Air Force has installed external fuel tanks on some of its C-130J transport aircraft.

A Hercules Transporter Aircraft of 30 Squadron is shown in flight. MOD 45147884.jpg
“A Hercules Transporter Aircraft of 30 Squadron is shown in flight. MOD 45147884” by Photo: Cpl Graham Stewart/MOD. Licensed under OGL via Wikimedia Commons.

The Ministry of Defence said the move will extended the range of the C-130J to around 3,000nm.

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