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One each IAF C-130-J Hercules aircraft will be available with ne-hour readiness for the four NSG facilities at Mumbai , Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, as per reports. It will allow elite anti-hijacking and anti-terror force, the National Security Guard, also known as Black Cats to reach action zone faster. The planes are better suited than the Aviation Research Centre or ARC under the Research and Analysis Wing, which is supposed to ferry the NSG troopers for any anti-hijacking or anti-terror missions in their IL-76 planes.

India has acquired six C-130Js from the United States in 2010 and based them the Hindon Air Station just outside Delhi. Six more are to be acquired over the next two years.

The Air Force commando force - Garud force- is also be trained on the C-130Js to develop synergy. The primary task remains transportation and employment with the Army's Parachute Regiment under which India's largest Special Forces operate.