
While the U.S. Air Force wants to mothball its oldest Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130s and move to a fleet of 255 Hercules airlifters from 300, the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) version of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act advises a provision that would prohibit the service from going below 292. As a first step to moving to 255, Air Force asked Congress to allow the service to retire eight C-130Hs in fiscal 2022, and, while the SASC NDAA…