French to buy C130's?

[mach2.6]

Yahoo News article sez French to buy C-130's.
France to buy four Lockheed C130 military transport planes (http://news.yahoo.com/france-buy-four-lockheed-c130-military-transport-planes-162151588--business.html?nf=1)

[Anders Nilsson]

France Is the Latest C-130J Customer | Defense News: Aviation International News (http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2015-11-13/france-latest-c-130j-customer)

[DaveReidUK]

Have we slipped back in a time warp to the 1980s?

[G-CPTN]

Do we get to know what problems have arisen with A400Ms?

Production quality control?

I think we should be told.

[Huck]

The Four Fans of Freedom....

[a1bill]

one is chopper refueling and I forget what the other reason is

[Out Of Trim]

... and airflow issues during parachuting from A400M... not yet solved.

[Trim Stab]

... and airflow issues during parachuting from A400M... not yet solved.

Didn't the CEO of Airbus do a daylight sport-parachute jump off the back ramp, and proclaim it an "ideal aircraft for paratroopers" a few years ago:rolleyes:

[a1bill]

It could be like the aussie subs when the new design wasn't tank tested. Wouldn't this have come up in an A400 wind tunnel test?

[skylon]

French-US military relations are closer than ever, first the UAV Reapers and Hellfire missiles for Eurocopter Tigers and now C-130's so whats next?
Arleigh Burke class destroyers ? would not be a bad idea if you ask me..
General De GAULLE would turn in his grave !

[ElectroVlasic]

Does it come with a galley that has a cooker for "freedom fries"? :p

[Lonewolf_50]

DeGaulle already turned when Sarkozy reintegrated into the NATO military command structure. France was finally in but in (rather than in but out) after fifty years of Gaulist sulking.

Glad to see our nations are getting along better.

[TBM-Legend]

FAF has operated C-130H's for years. Makes sense with a few more not withstanding J type.