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Singapore Airshow: New Indonesian simulator ready

10th February 2016 - 23:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in RAAF Base Richmond

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Following on from the Australian Government’s decision to gift four of their retired C-130H aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) in 2011, a subsequent contract saw the TNI-AU procure a further five aircraft along with spares and the former Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) C-130H full mission simulator (FMS).

Prior to the dispatch of these aircraft, the TNI-AU ran a competition to carry out pre-delivery maintenance of the aircraft and train the crews to ferry the aircraft to Indonesia. That contract was subsequently won by Airbus Military with Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services actually undertaking the pre-delivery maintenance overhaul

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