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Used Hercules military transports to be sold, turned into waterbombers

thestar.com · 4dShare

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will sell 10 of its used C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.

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