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Navy Reserve urges faster C‑130 recapitalization as KC‑130 fleet ages
Summary
Vice Admiral Nancy LeCorps and Navy Reserve witnesses told the House subcommittee the reserve-operated C‑130 fleet is aging, has low mission-capable rates, and needs recapitalization to the C‑130J (KC‑130J/Juliet) to meet contested logistics demands.
Vice Admiral Nancy LeCorps, Chief of the Navy Reserve, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the reserve C‑130 (KC‑130 Tango) fleet is the Navy’s only intratheater, long‑range airlift for oversized cargo and that its average age and low mission-capable rates constrain operations.
“The KC‑130 fleet is aging and lacks the survivability necessary to operate in a contested…
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