The A ForceéEcuadorian area – FAE carries outó incorporate itón of a new aircraft to your fleet, the Hercules C-130H is now part of the institutionóafter donationón of the USA.
It was fulfilledó incorporate itólong awaited of a Hercules C-130 to Force AéEcuadorian area announced months agoás and that was expected a long time ago with the aim of pre-empowering the Transport Wing 11 of the FAE.
In this way and once the L-100 FAE-893, Ecuador returná to have two operational aircraft specialized in cargo and troop transport, an important step for recoveryón of the capabilities of the FAE.
We start with an Aero Report where I show you the new addition inside and out.ón from the FAE:
FAE incorporateá a Hercules C-130
The famous Hercules continues to be the spearhead for many forceséareas around the world, so much for their úunique load capacities, as wellén for its versatility and ability to operate by manyñsafely and reliably. Thus, has been demonstrated byños its importance for our país before problemsítrophies or natural disasters.
Our geographyía is nothing fácil, but Hercules has managed to performñad effectively to meet all the needs of the state in various situations, but in the úlast time reaction capacityón of transportáI ask for relief in the face of the internal armed conflict that the country is experiencingís, has been weakened.
The needs and missions are many, For this reason, it was imperative to recover the operational capacity of the N Transport Wing.. 11 with his Hercules L-100 FAE893 (the úlast in operational capacity that it hasíto the FAE) and this has been achieved with the arrival of the new C-130H, which to meás to be ready to operate for about 7 añm axisás, has betweeníequip the engines necessary to reactivate FAE893, so Ecuador will haveá two Hercules crossing their skies in the próximos días.
Getting into the matter of the new incorporationón, The FAE898 has a long history serving the USA from 1976 with núserial grouper 4681 and matríbutt 74-689, serving in the USAF until september 2014 where he is sent to operate for Force Aéevil of Afghanián, but due to the internal conflict with the Taliban, the grandfatherón was recovered in 2021 and remainedó stored since then.
Now, like a donationón of más de $12 millions of dólares on the part of the USA, The C-130H has been formally delivered to the Ecuador. Our fatheríyou runó with training costs, maintenance and transfer flightás de 10.400 kilómeters from the specialized MRO in Portugal, where it was doneó major maintenance before being delivered.
Once their crews and técynics areén al díwith the necessary training, the grandfatherón enterá to service immediately, to be used in the current framework of the país and any other needs that the national government may have.
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We share some additional photos of what the arrival of the plane was like.ón thanks to the contribution of Diogo:
Thanks for your reports. Please know something about the reactivation of the 2 House C295M inoperative of the FAE? And of the two additional ones that would be acquired for the Navy and the Army?
Hello Santiago, yes of course. The other two Casa 295M are online for maintenance, of course it is, depends on the budget, but they will be reactivated. There is no news yet about those new to the Army and Navy.
Two Hercules? When they delivered the first one? Because there were none operational, thanks for your reports
The first is the one I mentioned., the FAE893 L-100, It's the one we had before, It is not a new addition.