Reports noted that the IAF is planning to purchase C-130J planes for its Special Forces and Border Security Force. The planes posses the ability to land and take off even in improvised or short fields and without lights and can be operated easily even in hot temperatures and at high altitudes1.

• 1. “India Buys 6-12 C-130J-30 Hercules for Special Forces,” August 6, 2009, at http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/india-to-purchase-6-c130j-hercules-f...