The Australian Defence Force uses its C-130J Hercules aircraft to deploy personnel, equipment and humanitarian supplies, as well as for search and rescue missions, disaster relief and medical evacuation.
Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to Australia. Two more flights followed on 17 April.
Communities in Melton have had a first look at the concept designs for the new Melton Station – as the Allan Labor Government prepares to remove four more dangerous and congested level crossings.
The commercial relief flights came alongside RAAF Globemaster III and C-130J Hercules carrying 568 holidaymakers, workers and other returnees back to Australia.
The Australian Defence Force uses its C-130J Hercules aircraft to deploy personnel, equipment and humanitarian supplies, as well as for search and rescue missions, disaster relief and medical evacuation.