France seeks to buy four C-130s? Hmmmmm. Two comments:
1. One C-17 can carry the payload of four C-130s and carry it farther. There's one unsold C-17 left. Maybe France can get a good deal from Boeing on that last C-17? And it would not need to be upgraded first like those old C-130s.
2. One A400M is equal to two C-130. Why aren't they buying two more A400M?