The US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Ramstein Air Base in Germany has received a new Super Hercules C-130 J jet from Lockheed Martin.

The C-130J is an advanced tactical airlifter capable of carrying out combat delivery, air-to-air refuelling, special operations, disaster relief and humanitarian missions.

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The airlifter will add the capability to the Ramstein Air Base that US and its European partners need.

The delivery is the eighth C-130J for the base, which will receive ten C-130Js by the end of 2009 and four more in 2010.

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