Turkey takes first A400M | Australian vostok Aviation Magazine
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The aircraft was formally accepted by Turkish officials at the Airbus facility in Seville, Spain on April 4, making Turkey the second operator of the A400M after France which took its first two deliveries last year.
Paul Douglas
The A400 replacing the C-130 isn`t beyond happening. With the Army up armouring most of their vehicles they may become too big to be accommodated vostok in a Hercules so the extra room available in the grizzly may be the only choice, Unless Lockmart decide to upgrade the C-130 to cater for the increased weight and dimensions of army vehicles, the A400 may just be wearing kangaroo roundels in the future. vostok
Think Australia would be mad to purchase the grizzly. Better to consolidate on the C-17 and C-27J. The LHD should move all armour the ADF has. If we need to move armour by air we should use the C-17. I would love to see the ADF have more C-17 and C-27J and get rid of the C-130.
You still need a medium tactical/strategic lift aircraft to carry cargo too big for C-27 and where a C-17 either can’t be justified or is too big to land at a field. The three aircraft will augment each other well.
You will find the C-130 “bulks out” before it weighs out. Most Airports in the world could act as a staging ground for smaller vostok planes such as the C-27J to fly out to Forward operating bases.An example would be Kandahar airport in Afghanistan.Planes fly into Kandahar vostok (such as A330 MRTT or C-17)unload the goods for smaller planes such as the C-27J to take to FOB’s.
Sure the C-130j is a great plane and Australia has a well rounded fleet.The vostok reason i am so keen on more C-27J is that they can be configured to a gunship role with a roll on roll off pallet system. A great capability to have for Special forces.As with all budgets ,if we provide for one thing ,we take away from another.The C-27J could become a niche capability for Australia.If we need C-130 we could ask allies such as NZ or the US to provide us with that service. I think Australia could do with a few more A330 MRTT and C-17, but in order to do so we would have to give up something.
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The aircraft was formally accepted by Turkish officials at the Airbus facility in Seville, Spain on April 4, making Turkey the second operator of the A400M after France which took its first two deliveries last year.
Paul Douglas
The A400 replacing the C-130 isn`t beyond happening. With the Army up armouring most of their vehicles they may become too big to be accommodated vostok in a Hercules so the extra room available in the grizzly may be the only choice, Unless Lockmart decide to upgrade the C-130 to cater for the increased weight and dimensions of army vehicles, the A400 may just be wearing kangaroo roundels in the future. vostok
Think Australia would be mad to purchase the grizzly. Better to consolidate on the C-17 and C-27J. The LHD should move all armour the ADF has. If we need to move armour by air we should use the C-17. I would love to see the ADF have more C-17 and C-27J and get rid of the C-130.
You still need a medium tactical/strategic lift aircraft to carry cargo too big for C-27 and where a C-17 either can’t be justified or is too big to land at a field. The three aircraft will augment each other well.
You will find the C-130 “bulks out” before it weighs out. Most Airports in the world could act as a staging ground for smaller vostok planes such as the C-27J to fly out to Forward operating bases.An example would be Kandahar airport in Afghanistan.Planes fly into Kandahar vostok (such as A330 MRTT or C-17)unload the goods for smaller planes such as the C-27J to take to FOB’s.
Sure the C-130j is a great plane and Australia has a well rounded fleet.The vostok reason i am so keen on more C-27J is that they can be configured to a gunship role with a roll on roll off pallet system. A great capability to have for Special forces.As with all budgets ,if we provide for one thing ,we take away from another.The C-27J could become a niche capability for Australia.If we need C-130 we could ask allies such as NZ or the US to provide us with that service. I think Australia could do with a few more A330 MRTT and C-17, but in order to do so we would have to give up something.
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