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How airlift can open up to the hinterlands

The Berlin airlift showed the world how cargo planes can build a massive air bridge to an inaccessible area. Today, airlift is fundamental to free world security. Witness the more than 400 Lockheed Hercules airlifters now in service throughout the world with the air forces of Australia, Canada, Indonesia, and the United States.

Now these big birds are helping to unlock the vast stores of untapped resources that lie fallow in the back country of many nations. Recent example: Peru where they have cut three years from a road-building project by hauling heavy equipment into remote regions. No paved landing fields needed – because Hercules is built to land and take off in rough clearings – on dirt, sand, or grass – even on ice and snow when equipped with skis.

More and more nations in transition will use modern airlifters t open up their own hinterlands. And , to help meet this growing need, Hercules airlifters will continue to roll off the production line for years to come at the huge Lockheed – Georgia Company plant.

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