HLS v's C130
500N, HLS/Chinook combination is far too limited to even mention in the same breath as the C130. For over fifty years the C130 has proven to be extremely versatile in operations from deserts to Antarctica and all points in between. Just as the C130/Caribou/Huey all working in concert provided the airlift capability to keep the people of the New Guinea Highlands fed when their crops have failed, the C17/C130/Blackhawk combination would be equally capable. The C130 is a much more valuable asset than many realise. As Bushranger 71 has stated, the C130 A-E-H models have operated/are operating with distinction. The J model is still not capable of doing some of what the H model is capable of doing.