C-130 J Super Hercules TNI AU Mulai Misi Perdana Transport Bantuan Untuk Gaza

BETWEEN/Genta Tenri Mawangi.

JAKARTA - The new TNI Air Force aircraft C-130 J Super Hercules with the tail number A-1340 began its first mission of sending aid from the Indonesian people to the Palestinian people in Gaza which will be lowered from above (the airdrop method).

TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto released the departure of the C-130 J Super Hercules plane along with 27 TNI soldiers carrying the aid at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base (Lanud), Jakarta, Friday, March 29.

In his mandate to the soldiers, the Commander asked them to carry out the task seriously, because the mission is a form of trust from the government and state to the TNI.

"For this reason, carry out this noble task with a full sense of responsibility. Prioritize security factors and carry out all procedures carefully, carry out all procedures carefully, carry out close coordination with all relevant parties for the smooth running of this vision. Report any developments in the situation according to the chain of command," said the TNI Commander during the departure ceremony.

During the mission, the TNI transported aid from Indonesia to be temporarily deployed in Jordan. In Jordan, the aid includes a device to reduce goods in the form of an air umbrella (PUO) and an air umbrella for goods (PUB).

The two devices will later be used by the Jordanian Air Force to reduce aid from Indonesia to the Gaza region. The Commander explained that the PUO was able to lower the cargo weighing 100 kilograms once, while the PUB was able to lower the cargo weighing 15 tons once.

In this humanitarian mission to the Palestinian people in Gaza, there are 900 people's air umbrellas, and 50 sets of low-altitude (LCLA) low-cost equipment to distribute humanitarian assistance via the airdrop method. Most of these humanitarian aids have now been prepared in Jordan by the National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas).

Meanwhile, the troops who are members of the mission are led by Colonel Pnb Noto Casnoto who daily serves as Commander of Wing (Danwing) I Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base. The troops led by Colonel Noto, consist of 15 crews of C-130 J Super Hercules, two soldiers from elite TNI AU troops from the Rapid Action Force Command (Kopasgat), four soldiers from the support team, namely from air supplies and maintenance units, two soldiers for documentation, one soldier who served in the Ministry of Defense, one diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and one soldier from the TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).

The C-130 J Super Hercules aircraft is scheduled to travel for three days from Jakarta to Jordan, and transit in Aceh, Myanmar, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), then for the return route from Jordan, the plane will transit in UAE, India, Myanmar, Aceh, and land at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta. The total return and round trip is approximately 10 days.