On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:02:32 -0700, Hobo wrote:

In article ,
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote:

How realistic is this plan, anyway? Are there any C-130 airframes out
there to be had? Or, like John Cleese in the Cheese Shop sketch, is this
an act of the purest optimism on the part of the procurement folks to
pose the question in the first place.

Why don't they buy the new Airbus military cargo plane?

Money. Rather, a lack of money.