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title: "MoD Clears Purchase Of Six More C-130Js For IAF"
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# MoD Clears Purchase Of Six More C-130Js For IAF

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Herc season. The Indian MoD's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) yesterday cleared the purchase of six more Lockheed-Martin **C-130J Super Hercules** medium transports from the US under a foreign military sale. The deal is subject to final clearance by the apex Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) before a contract is signed with the US government.

The 77 Squadron birds have been in the headlines recently quite a bit for [their role in](https://www.livefistdefence.com/2013/06/photos-iaf-c-130j-in-flood-relief.html) Uttarakhand flood relief, and the [landing at Daulat Beg Oldie](https://www.livefistdefence.com/2013/08/video-drone-footage-of-iafs-c-130j.html), the world's highest airstrip last month.

My report from two years ago:

[Six More C-130Js For IAF In Afterglow Of First Contract](https://www.livefistdefence.com/2011/10/six-more-c-130js-for-iaf-in-afterglow.html)

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