Purchase and Donation of Hercules Aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force

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Arrival of Hercules Aircraft in Indonesia 1960-2016

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Purchase and Donation of Hercules Aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force

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Arrival of Hercules Aircraft in Indonesia 1960-2016

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Lockheed-built Hercules aircraft (later Lockheed Martin) have been part of the Indonesian Air Force fleet since 1960. Following the 1958 downing of a US private pilot by PRRI/Permesta rebels, Indonesia acquired 10 Hercules C-130B aircraft: 8 cargo planes and 2 tankers. Indonesia was the first country outside the United States to operate the Hercules C-130B.

Despite their renowned reliability as air transport, Hercules aircraft have left a legacy of sorrow in Indonesian aviation. Between 1964 and 2016, nine Hercules aircraft were involved in accidents, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of passengers.

Most recently, a TNI AU Hercules C-130, en route from Timika to Wamena, Papua, crashed on Mount Lisuwa in Minimo District, Jayawijaya Regency. The aircraft, tail number 1334, was a donation from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and entered service in February 2016. It was part of a package of four donated and five cheaply purchased Hercules aircraft. By December 2016, Indonesia had received six aircraft from the RAAF.

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