JAKARTA - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) plans to prepare Kertajati Airport, Majalengka Regency, West Java as a center for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of C-130/Hercules aircraft in the Asian region.
This was done by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense after the Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin met with the United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth some time ago.
During the meeting, which took place at the Pentagon, the United States, Pete expressed his intention to build a maintenance center for Hercules aircraft engines.
"Currently, there are plans to prepare the Kertajati Airport area as one of the MRO centers for C-130/Hercules aircraft. The selection of Kertajati considers the availability of large land and adequate aviation support facilities," said the Head of the Defense Information Bureau of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General TNI Rico Ricardo Sirait, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 20.
Rico menilai langkah tersebut sangat strategis karena akan memberikan dampak baik bagi penguatan pertahanan Indonesia.
One of the good impacts is that Indonesia is becoming easier to build cooperation and diplomatic relations with Asian countries that use the Hercules transport aircraft.
"This step is also in line with efforts to strengthen the independence of the defense industry and support for national strategic aviation logistics," he said.
However, Rico did not explain in detail what the progress of the MRO construction was. He also did not explain the deadline for its construction.
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