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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="aerius" data-source="post: 2224485" data-attributes="member: 13581">Sweden decides against Hercules replacement, opts for MLU insteadGareth Jennings, Stockholm - IHS Jane's International Defence Review 09 May 2017Sweden has decided against procuring a new transport aircraft type, opting instead to upgrade its ageing Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules fleet, a service official disclosed on 8 May. Speaking to reporters, Colonel Magnus Liljegren from the Swedish Air Force (SwAF) headquarters said that the service's six remaining C-130Hs (two of the original eight were mothballed in 2015) will be put through a mid-life upgrade (MLU) that will run from about 2020 to 2024. "[Replacing the C-130Hs] is a question that has been asked [in Sweden] forever," Col Liljegren said, noting that the SwAF operates the oldest C-130 fleet in Europe with aircraft dating back to the mid-1960s. "We are now looking at an MLU instead."According to Col Liljegren, this MLU will likely cover the aircraft's avionics and "some other products", but will not involve major structural work such as replacing the centre wing-box. As noted by the colonel, structural work such as this would be too expensive considering the airframe hours that are left in the fleet. Even with the MLU, the six C-130Hs will not fly beyond 2030-32.With one of the SwAF's C-130Hs serving also as an aerial refuelling platform, the SwAF will likely lose this capability temporarily while that particular aircraft goes through the MLU. However, as Col Liljegren explained, this is not a capability that is often used by the SwAF. Having received the first of its C-130H aircraft in 1965, the SwAF had hoped to have them upgraded as part of the US Air Force's wider Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). However, Sweden had already pulled out of the programme on cost grounds by the time it was cancelled by the US Department of Defense in early 2012. The current plans for a C-130H MLU are contrary to earlier announced objective of replacing them with a new and modern type, with a procurement effort to be launched in 2021.<a href="http://www.janes.com/article/70179/sweden-decides-against-hercules-replacement-opts-for-mlu-instead">http://www.janes.com/article/70179/sweden-decides-against-hercules-replacement-opts-for-mlu-instead</a>Por lo visto los suecos van a sacarle el hule a los Hercules a base de bien, supongo que será la opción mas barata, que tenemos todos los presupuestos apretaditos.</blockquote>

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