Egypt will receive two C-130Js Super Hercules military transport aircraft

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By Dylan Malyasov
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A C130J Hercules transport aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force is pictured flying over the Norwegian countryside (c) Richard Ellis

The Vice-president of the American Lockheed Martin’s Dennys Plessas said the Egypt will receive two C-130Js Super Hercules military transport aircraft.

Aircraft to be delivered to Egypt in 2019. Egypt It will be the seventeenth international customer for the C-130J military transport aircraft.

The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history.

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