RAF LYNEHAM LOCKHEED-MARTIN C-130J HERCULES

MILITARY AIR POWER

With a level of unparalleled force, modern fighter jets and bombers have imposed an unprecedented new regime of power and blazed across the skies from the end of the Cold War in the early nineties to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Info:    Lockheed-Martin C-130J Hercules C.Mk.5 - RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, 2006
Scale:    1:144
Wingspan:    11 inches

Item Number:    AA31311                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Price:    $54.95

Historical Note:    The C-130J is the newest version of the Hercules and the only model still produced.  Externally similar to the classic Hercules, the J model is in fact a radically different aircraft.  These differences include new Rolls-Royce Allison AE2100 turboprops with six-bladed composite scimitar propellers, digital avionics (including head-up display for each pilot), reduced crew requirements (two pilots - no navigator or flight engineer), increased reliability and up to 27-percent lower operating costs. Lockheed received the launch order for the J model from the RAF, who ordered 25 aircraft with first deliveries beginning in 1999.