While the idea of using American C-130 Hercules as makeshift bombers may be strange, the same is not true of the Soviet Antonov transport counterparts. While Antonov aircraft were built as transports, some (such as the An-26 and An-32) also had a secondary bombing role in mind (not the large military transports like the An-124 Ruslan). This is not a role they perform well in, and they would be sitting ducks against modern air defenses, but they have been repeatedly used in this role in lower-scale conflicts against mostly insurgent groups.
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February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. Most notably, this jet would be based on the A330 commercial airframe, produced by EADS – which, these days, would be Airbus’ Defence and Space division.Unfortunately, the celebrations wouldn’t last long for Airbus and Northrop Grumman.Just days later, Boeing would launch a full-scale counteroffensive to convince the Air Force that it had selected the wrong aircraft. In the end, Boeing was successful in overturning the Northrop Grumman deal, having its 767-based tanker win instead. It’s been quite awhile since this whole ordeal took place – long before our website and YouTube channels existed. So we thought it would be interesting to take a look back for today’s video!