(Luft) Deutsche Luftwaffe

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Die Gerüchte um eine Anschaffung von C-130J Hercules als Interrimslösung/Ergänzung zum A-400M erhärten sich:

BERLIN — The German Federal Ministry of Defence is in talks with partner nations to jointly operate a limited fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the discussions are underway with the Netherlands, the US, Britain and France, all of whom have C-130s in their inventory. [...]
A prerequisite for Germany to participate in a common C-130 fleet is the right to dispose of some of the aircraft [Transall] at some point. Beside the co-financing, the German MoD is mulling to procure a limited — probably only single-digit — number of C-130 for such a pooling solution.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense.../85477212/