Lockheed Martin has delivered the fourth and final C-130J acquired to meet the tactical transport requirements of the Royal Danish Air Force.
The service has now amassed almost 5,000 flight hours with the type since putting its previous examples into use from early 2004.
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Flown by the air force's 721 Sqn from Aalborg airbase and manufactured in Lockheed's stretched-fuselage C-130J-30 configuration, Denmark's C-130Js are being used for tasks including the delivery of peacekeeping personnel and support equipment. One of its aircraft has flown more than 250 missions from Kuwait within the last six months, according to Lockheed.
Denmark also last July became the first signatory to a pooled airlift initiative, under which it will gain shared access to up to four Boeing C-17 strategic transports from mid-2008, along with up to 16 other NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.
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Source: FlightGlobal.com
