Indonesian Air Force Scheduled To Receive Third Unit C-130J Super Hercules August 15

KASAU Marshal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo when handing over the C-130 J-30 Super Hercules A-1339 aircraft and Hercules C-130 H A-135 aircraft at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base/ANTARA PHOTO/Galih Pradipta/foc.

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Air Force is scheduled to receive the third unit of C-130J-30 Super Hercules from the Indonesian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday (15/8) after on Wednesday (9/8) the plane made by Lockheed Martin arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta.

"It is planned that the third aircraft (with the tail number) A-1343 will be officially handed over by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense to the Indonesian Air Force on Tuesday (15/8). The fourth and fifth aircraft will arrive (in Jakarta) in October 2023 and January 2024," said Head of the Indonesian Air Force Information Service (Kadispenau) First Marshal (Marsma) TNI R. Agung Sasongkojati as reported by ANTARA, Friday, August 11.

The Indonesian Air Force previously received two units of Super Hercules C-130J from the Ministry of Defense, each of which held the numbers A-1339 and A-1340.

Kadispenau explained that the numbering of two-point jumping aircraft was because the numbers A-1341 and A-1342 had been used by other Indonesian Air Force Hercules aircraft.

The Indonesian Air Force's latest Hercules aircraft was delivered from the Lockheed Martin factory in Marietta, Georgia, United States, on Thursday (3/8), and traveled more than 33 hours. The flight route is no different from the previous units, namely from Marietta, San Diego, Honolulu, Kwajalein, Agana (Guam), then Jakarta.

In this plane delivery, there were two Indonesian Air Force pilots participating, namely Major Pnb Aleg Chandra and Pnb Captain Jatmiko Adi, then a master load of the Indonesian Air Force, Tek Rico Aradea Putra from Air Squadron 31 Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base.

While there are two Lokched Martin crews, namely Andrew White and Richard Anthony, as well as two loadmasters, namely Kevin Meadows and Williams Jeffrey, "said Kadispenau.

The arrival of the third unit of C-130J Super Hercules was welcomed by the tradition of respecting the water salute, namely the ceremony of throwing water on the fuselage. After the water salute, the Commander of the National Air Operations Command (Pangkoopsudnas) of the Indonesian Air Force Marshal TNI M. Tony Hardjono together with a number of officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Defense and other Indonesian Air Force welcomed the crew who got off the plane and draped batik cloth at them.

Indonesia bought a total of five units of Super Hercules C-130J aircraft from Lockheed Martin. The five aircraft will strengthen Air Squadron 31 Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta.