{"id":1250,"date":"2017-06-21T19:24:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2017-06-24T01:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T22:33:31","slug":"super-hercules-lockheed-martin-unveils-c-130j-aircraft-for-special-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Super Hercules: Lockheed Martin Unveils C-130J Aircraft for Special Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1251\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?attachment_id=1251\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/USAF-Lockheed-Martin-C-130J-SOF-Super-Hercules-21-06-2017.jpg\" alt=\"USAF Lockheed Martin C-130J-SOF Super Hercules\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/USAF-Lockheed-Martin-C-130J-SOF-Super-Hercules-21-06-2017.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/USAF-Lockheed-Martin-C-130J-SOF-Super-Hercules-21-06-2017-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/USAF-Lockheed-Martin-C-130J-SOF-Super-Hercules-21-06-2017-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USAF C-130J-SOF Super Hercules (Photo by \u00a9 Lockheed Martin)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"b-article__lead\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The aircraft contains for engines and is designed to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, psychological operations, airdrop resupply, personnel recovery and humanitarian relief.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<p>Lockheed Martin announced in\u00a0a statement on\u00a0Tuesday it has rolled out\u00a0its C-130J-SOF Super Hercules airplane designed specifically for\u00a0use by\u00a0special operations forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;At the Paris Air Show today, Lockheed Martin officials introduced the C-130J-SOF, the newest Super Hercules aircraft configured for\u00a0international military special operations requirements<\/em>,&#8221;<\/strong> the statement explained.<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin explained the C-130-SOF is the tenth production variant of\u00a0the Super Hercules multi-mission aircraft intended to\u00a0meet the unique demands associated with\u00a0executing operations of\u00a0strategic importance in\u00a0support of\u00a0international special operations forces.The aircraft contains for\u00a0engines and is designed to\u00a0conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, psychological operations, airdrop resupply, personnel recovery and humanitarian relief, according to\u00a0the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft can be fitted with\u00a0a 30mm gun and Hellfire missiles and can also insert, extract and resupply special operations forces personnel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Source: WASHINGTON SPUTNIK By Military &amp; Intelligence News &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/military\/201706201054809999-super-hercules-c-130j-sof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sputniknews.com<\/a> &#8211; 21 June 2017<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aircraft contains for engines and is designed to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, psychological operations, airdrop resupply, personnel recovery and humanitarian relief. 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