Indonesian Air Force Lacks Cargo Carriers
Thursday, 31 July, 2008 | 18:41 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta:“We hope to replace the old carriers soon,” he said following the 61st Air Force Day at the Air Force Academy in Joyakarta, yesterday.
At the moment, the Air Force owns two squadrons of heavy aircrafts, namely the 31 Air Squadron in Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, and the 32
Air Squadron in Abdurrahman Saleh Airport, Malang, East Java. However,only half of the 22 Hercules C-130 planes in the two squadrons are fit to fly. “We will be quite happy if all the planes in the two squadrons can
fly,” he added.
The Indonesian Air Force is now grounding a number of planes due to their unsafe conditions. “I do not want my men dying during practice,” he said.
The Air Force has not yet completed checking the main equipments in their defense system. If the results indicate that much of the military equipments are not adequately useable,” he said,” the solution would be to
replace them.” ANTON SEPTIAN
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