Jansen Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) The 200th C-130J aircraft was delivered by Lockheed Martin yesterday. The HC-130J has a SN of 5633 and registration 09-0108. The last few deliveries have been out of sequence, as 5632 (USMC KC-130J 168075), 5636 (130604), and 5637 (130605) have been delivered in recent weeks. 5634 (09-0109) was the 200th C-130J to come out of final assembly. Edit:The HC-130J, the first for the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command, recorded another significant milestone as the 1500th C-130 delivered to the U.S. Government. Edited September 24, 2010 by Jansen More info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 200 x $78 Mil= $15.6 Bil. Very lucrative, but not even a small stimulus package for the annointed one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3_Super_Bee Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 The last few deliveries have been out of sequence, as 5632 (USMC KC-130J 168075), 5636 (130604), and 5637 (130605) have been delivered in recent weeks. 5634 (09-0109) was actually the 200th C-130J to come out of final assembly. Edit:The HC-130J, the first for the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command, recorded another significant milestone as the 1500th C-130 delivered to the U.S. Government. Pretty cool how they change numbers to meet their fancy. This aircraft is actually number 199... The SECOND HC/MC is # 200, as Jansen stated. Also, not really out of sequence. The HC/MC's are going through a little more testing than the normal pre-delivery, what exactly don't have a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansen Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 The problem is that 5631 (USMC tail 168074) hasn't been delivered yet, but 5636 and 5637 have been delivered to the Canadian Forces already. So yes. 5634 is the 200th produced, but for whatever reason a lot of the deliveries have been out of sequence. Lockheed Martin is therefore correct in that this is the 200th DELIVERED, but it is not the 200th produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansen Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 "The HC-130J is undergoing testing and will be delivered to Davis-Montham Air Force Base in Arizona in late 2011" -Lockheed Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INS/Dopplertroop Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Considering that what seems a hand full of years ago I was standing in a hanger in Marietta listening to the CEO giving a pep rally and they had no orders and weren't sure anyone was going to buy one, things turned out pretty good. Of course, the E's wing cracks hadn't surface at that time either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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