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SASC Recommends Floor of 292 C-130s for U.S. Air Force

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SASC Recommends Floor of 292 C-130s for U.S. Air Force
A group of C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 357th airlift squadron prepare to take off on March 18 at MacDill AFB, Fla. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While the U.S. Air Force wants to mothball its oldest Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130s and move to a fleet of 255 Hercules airlifters from 300, the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) version of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act advises a provision that would prohibit the service from going below 292. As a first step to moving to 255, Air Force asked Congress to allow the service to retire eight C-130Hs in fiscal 2022, and, while the SASC NDAA…

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