[Yang Nak-gyu's Defense video] 'Myanmar Departure' Air Force Transport Aircraft Arrives at Gimpo Airport

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] An Air Force transport aircraft carrying 80,000 surgical gowns to respond to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) took off from Myanmar and arrived at Gimpo Airport.

According to government officials on the 19th, two Air Force C-130J transport aircraft arrived at Gimpo Airport at 3:57 a.m. and 4:01 a.m., respectively. They completed their mission and returned 20 hours after leaving Korea. The two C-130Js were loaded with 80,000 surgical gowns produced by a Korean company in Myanmar. After being transported to the company's logistics warehouse, the 80,000 surgical gowns will be delivered to medical facilities nationwide, including the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions.

Earlier, the Ministry of National Defense urgently deployed military transport aircraft to bring overseas-produced quarantine supplies into the country, considering the urgent domestic situation due to COVID-19.

The C-130J took off from Gimhae Airport around 8 a.m. the previous day and headed to Myanmar.

Although military transport aircraft have been used for overseas Korean resident evacuations or relief supply transport, this is the first case of being deployed for overseas commercial goods transportation.

The transport support was carried out suddenly on the 9th of this month, about a week before the Ministry of Health and Welfare was to import national stockpile quarantine supplies from Myanmar, due to the suspension of flights by a national airline.

The C-130, the Air Force's main transport aircraft, is a medium-sized multipurpose transport aircraft with four turboprop engines. Its maximum speed is 602 km/h, cruising speed is 554 km/h, and its range is 7,876 km.

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