{"id":205,"date":"2021-01-26T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/?p=205"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:48:27","slug":"cascade-aerospace-takes-delivery-of-first-usmc-c-130j-aircraft-as-part-of-374-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/cascade-aerospace-takes-delivery-of-first-usmc-c-130j-aircraft-as-part-of-374-million-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"CASCADE AEROSPACE TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST USMC C-130J AIRCRAFT AS PART OF $374 MILLION CONTRACT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>26 January 2021 \u2013 Abbotsford, BC<\/em> \u2013 IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence is pleased to announce that its operating unit Cascade Aerospace, has accepted delivery into maintenance today of the first US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130J aircraft as part of the unique contract to support the United States Navy (USN) global C-130 operational footprint for up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>This contract, in support of Naval Air Systems Command\u2019s Tactical Airlift Program Office, is a multi-award contract to provide Maintenance, Repair &amp; Overhaul (MRO) services to the USMC\u2019s KC-130J fleet. Cascade Aerospace was chosen by the USN after a lengthy selection process involving MRO providers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThis program leverages the important depot level work being performed in support of the RCAF C-130J\u2019s.\u201d said Kevin Lemke, Executive Vice-President and COO of Cascade Aerospace. \u201cThis demonstrates the close ties between Canada and the US; and the importance of the North American shared Industrial Base to keep the warfighter mission ready. \u00a0As one of the largest and most capable C-130 depots in the Americas, we are proud to offer the men and women of the US Marine Corps C-130 maintenance that is globally recognized for both safety and quality of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cascade\u2019s primary location on the Pacific Rim is well suited to support the contract being managed by the US Navy\u2019s Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) Western Pacific and Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) in Yokosuka, Japan. \u00a0Commanding Officer Randy J. Berti comments, \u201cTeaming up with Cascade Aerospace, a globally recognized leader on C-130 maintenance, will help us accomplish our mission and accelerate naval aviation readiness with world-class execution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence is a trusted partner to Canada and to customers around the world; and is one of Canada\u2019s largest and longest standing aerospace and defence organizations.\u00a0 With over 2,400 staff at operations across Canada, IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence is known worldwide for delivering a wide breadth of innovative and tailored support solutions to all branches of the military as well as government and commercial operators in the space, air, land and sea sectors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Tamminga<\/p>\n<p>IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence<\/p>\n<p>Direct: +604-557- 2646<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ktamminga@impaad.com\">ktamminga@impaad.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 January 2021 \u2013 Abbotsford, BC \u2013 IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence is pleased to announce that its operating unit Cascade Aerospace, has accepted delivery into maintenance today of the first US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130J aircraft as part of the unique contract to support the United States Navy (USN) global C-130 operational footprint for up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/cascade-aerospace-takes-delivery-of-first-usmc-c-130j-aircraft-as-part-of-374-million-contract\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CASCADE AEROSPACE TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST USMC C-130J AIRCRAFT AS PART OF $374 MILLION CONTRACT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}