Air Force Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna:
We Need Reliable Aircraft

THE plan of TNI (Indonesian Military) Air Force Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna to officially open the Wiratmo dormitory at Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Air Force Base on June 30, had to be abruptly cancelled. When he landed at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport, he was given the bad news: a Hercules C-130 transport plane No. A-1310 had crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, killing 122 people, 83 civilians among them. The number of fatalities on the ground could not be confirmed yet.

July 7, 2015