On Thursday morning, Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner, Chief of Armaments Lieutenant General Harald Vodosek, Air Chief Major General Gerfried Promberger and Fighter Command-Commander Brigadier Arthur Bennett at a press conference the decommissioning of the first of three C-130K Hercules of the Austrian Armed Forces The aircraft with the registration 8T-CA completed its last flight just a short time later.
The Hercules took off from the Vogler air base in Hörsching and touched down shortly afterwards in Wiener Neustadt, where the engines and propellers are now being removed and the radio equipment and on-board instruments dismantled. The fuselage will then remain on site and serve as a realistic training backdrop for the fighter command in future.
The two remaining transporters will remain in operation for the time being: a second C-130 will be decommissioned at the end of 2027, while the third is currently undergoing a regular one-year maintenance event and is to remain available until 2030.
As early as 2028, the first of a total of four new C-390Ms from the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer will arrive in Austria, with Construction of the aircraft began in early 2025.
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