Australia to buy 20 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the US for $6.6 billion
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People always talk about b52 as an ancient plane, but the c130 is only a year or so newer. Still a great platform.
Meanwhile the Poms are ditching theirs for the A400M.
ahhhhh so thats where that mining surplus is being spent