The Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW), an international airlift mission based in Europe using three C-17s, could be replicated in Africa using C-130s, based on a proposal put forward by the U.S. Air Force.
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The disclosure was made by Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, and reported by Aviation Week.
The idea will be discussed at the Association of African Air Forces (AAAF) meeting in Senegal next month.
Although there are several C-130 operators in Africa. The idea is to pool money together to get new C-130s and share it amongst the users.
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