Nitpicking
Creampuff, I have no idea what you are driving at or what your motive is. The FACT is that the RAAF have operated the C130 since late 1958. I personally have operated globally, including Antarctica, and know that the aircraft have been flown by dedicated and highly competent crews and, likewise, maintained by equally competent and dedicated ground engineers. Your claim that the RAAF has "bent" plenty of Hercules is patently wrong, especially in consideration of them having flown in excess of 800,000 hours in friendly and decidedly unfriendly environments without ever having "bent" one beyond repair. I doubt that this record has been bettered by any other military organisation.