France officially welcomed its first Lockheed Martin C-130J transport at Orleans airbase on Jan. 15 with Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly as guest-of-honor.
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Photo: Armée de l’Air
France ordered two C-130J-30 airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers and the first aircraft to reach France is a C-130J-30.