US, Australia promise Hercules planes for RI

The United States and Australian governments have promised to supply Indonesia with the types E and J giant C-130 Hercules cargo planes.

Planning Assistant to Air Force Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal Erry Biatmoko said in Jakarta Wednesday the United States had offered to grant six type-E Hercules cargo planes which would be ready to be sent to Indonesia in 2012.

"The six, actually meant for three countries in Asia and Africa, had been improved and modified before their dispatch to Indonesia," he said.

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