Under the heading of "We need it, and we need it now"

It's becoming increasingly apparent that while the C-130J is not a perfect plane, it's not a lemon either. Not only did the USAF finally declare Initial Operational Capability for the platform last fall, but the U.S. Department of Defence has reversed former Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's decision to halt production of the aircraft.

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, in a budget directive sent to the military service secretaries, chiefs of staff and acquisition officials, added $2.6 billion to the Air Force fiscal 2008-2013 budget plan to purchase 30 C-130Js for the Marine Corps and Air Force, starting with six in 2009.
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England reversed a decision former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made two years ago after the Air Force made the case that more of the modern transports were required, said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Virginia-based research institute.

"With Donald Rumsfeld now departed from the Pentagon, the services are beginning to reverse decisions made on his watch that they considered ill-conceived," he said. "In the case of the C-130J, the Air Force feels it must replace aging cargo planes that are becoming too dangerous to fly, and the C-130J s the only suitable replacement," Thompson said.

For those naysayers who have been moaning that even the U.S. isn't interested in the Jerc anymore, this makes one less argument in their favour.