UK should keep C-130Js Defence Committee told

The UK should retain the C-130J Hercules fleet, which is slated for retirement in 2023, according to evidence given recently to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. An RAF C-130J on a low-level training sortie. Dino CarraraThe written evidence was from Andy Netherwood*, a former C-130J and C-17 aircraft commander, who laid out his reasons why the Hercules should stay in the RAF’s mix of transport aircraft types. He stated: “Air mobility provides the ability to deploy, sustain and