{"id":4258,"date":"2025-09-29T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:03:36","slug":"usa-delivers-hercules-c-130h-tho-the-tunesian-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"USA Delivers Hercules C-130H to Tunesian Air force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/\">Home&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/news-events\/\">News and Events<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;United States Delivers C-130 Aircraft To Tunisian Air Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2D9A3306-1140x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2D9A3306\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UNITED STATES DELIVERS C-130 AIRCRAFT TO TUNISIAN AIR FORCE<br><\/strong>The delivery, valued at 36 million Tunisian dinars marks the third C-130 delivered to Tunisia by the U.S. government since 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2D9A3297-350x233.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43781\" title=\"2D9A3297\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>TUNIS, November 18, 2024<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Today the U.S. government celebrated the delivery of one C-130H2 Hercules aircraft to the Tunisian Air Force in a ceremony at Sidi Ahmed Air Base in Bizerte. High-ranking officials from both Tunisia and the United States attended the event, including Tunisian Minister of National Defense Khaled Sehili, U.S. Ambassador Joey Hood, Chief of Staff of the Tunisian Air Force General Mohammed Hajem, and Lieutenant General Jason Hinds, the Deputy Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa.<br>The delivery of this aircraft, valued at a total of 36 million Tunisian dinars ($12 million), continues the U.S. government\u2019s commitment to expanding the Tunisian Air Force\u2019s air transport capabilities. This aircraft increases the Tunisian Air Force\u2019s C-130 fleet.<br>Ambassador Hood noted that, \u201cThis delivery is part of the U.S.-Tunisian joint strategy to increase the Tunisian Ministry of Defense and the Tunisian Air Force\u2019s ability to provide peace and security in the region and globally. Enhanced Tunisian air transportation capabilities advance our shared interest in peace operations. We look forward to more opportunities to collaborate jointly in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2D9A3036-2-350x233.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43804\" title=\"2D9A3036\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2D9A3385-350x233.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43782\" title=\"2D9A3385\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/author\/tnmission\/\">U.S. Embassy Tunis<\/a>&nbsp;| 18 November, 2024 | Topics:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/category\/ambassador\/\">Ambassador<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/category\/embassy\/\">embassy<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/category\/events\/\">Events<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/category\/us-and-tunisia\/\">U.S. &amp; Tunisia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/united-states-delivers-c-130-aircraft-to-tunisian-air-force\/\">https:\/\/tn.usembassy.gov\/united-states-delivers-c-130-aircraft-to-tunisian-air-force\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home&nbsp;|&nbsp;News and Events&nbsp;|&nbsp;United States Delivers C-130 Aircraft To Tunisian Air Force UNITED STATES DELIVERS C-130 AIRCRAFT TO TUNISIAN AIR FORCEThe delivery, valued at 36 million Tunisian dinars marks the third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}