• Aircraft:

  Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Samson

• Reg: 661 photos
• Serial #:

  382-5723

• Airline: Israel - Air Force
• Photo Date: Apr 09, 2014
• Uploaded: Apr 09, 2014
• Nevatim Air Base - LLNV, Israel

First C-130J Super Hercules ‘Shimshon’ Arrives In Israel. NEVATIM AIR BASE, Israel, April 9, 2014 – Israel’s first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifter arrived at Nevatim Air Base today. Along with senior Israeli officials, Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson attended the ceremony and made remarks. Israel ordered its C-130Js through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract with the U.S. Government. This is the first ferry of the C-130Js currently on order for the IAF, which has operated legacy C-130s since 1971. In non-combat — but equally harsh environments — C-130Js are often the first to support humanitarian missions such as search and rescue, aerial firefighting in the U.S., and delivering relief supplies after earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis around the world. This C-130J Super Hercules was first delivered to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in June 2013 in Marietta, Ga., at the Lockheed Martin facility where it was manufactured. The aircraft remained in the U.S. to receive Israeli-specific, post-production modifications.

Photographer

Aircraft

Kostas Marmarelis 661

748 14 0 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Samson

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First Shimshon is landing in Israel

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2,699 0 0 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Samson

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Rami Mizrahi RA-89007

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