Iranian C-130 upgrades continue

IRIAF C-130E 5-8518 at IACI awaiting redelivery to the IRIAF. Stephan Karl THE IRIAF has received a ninth service-life-extended and modernised C-130. The aircraft, C-130E 5-8518, has been with the 72nd Tactical Transport Squadron at Shiraz since 1990 and hadn’t flown since March 2009 when it was delivered to IACI for programmed depot maintenance under Project Sattari. It was stored in Tehran until January 2014 when work began on it. The C-130E returned to the air on January 14, and