The worth of the good old C-130k is defiantly unappreciatedin some parts of the forces. Unfortunately the cost to keep just a few frames availableis outrageous. All those extra crew compared to the J, and all those extra groundcrew man-hours to keep a small additional capability is a huge drain on thefunding of AT.. similar costs are incurred by the VC10 and Tristar fleets shownin the voyager NAO report. Having said that, somebody with some serious cloutmust have had some dirt on the bigwigs to keep the fleet going when the axe wascutting the MPA and Harrier force.