C-130J release date speculation

[troberts2009]

yeah we don't care about a FARP, just give plane 

[GUCCI]

20 hours ago, troberts2009 said:

yeah we don't care about a FARP, just give plane 

Speak for yourself, I think that's one of the coolest announcements for the plane so far. Mobile FARP is something we desperately needed for MP ops, 

Having the C-130 mobile FARP with refueling and re-arming other players will be awesome.

[dahui]

9 hours ago, GUCCI said:

Speak for yourself, I think that's one of the coolest announcements for the plane so far. Mobile FARP is something we desperately needed for MP ops, 

Having the C-130 mobile FARP with refueling and re-arming other players will be awesome.

Definetly!

 

I just hope they will release the Plane regardless of the progress of the Mobile FARP

[JimmyAus]

Am pretty keen to get this aircraft into DCS, not asking when however do they expect a release before Christmas, Im really hoping we get some flight time over xmas

[Rudel_chw]

I’d rather have the developer take as much time as needed … in the meantime I’m flying the Mirage 2000 while I still can, before the inexorable  dcs progress renders it unusable. 

[rob10]

2 hours ago, JimmyAus said:

Am pretty keen to get this aircraft into DCS, not asking when however do they expect a release before Christmas, Im really hoping we get some flight time over xmas

The dev has made it pretty clear that he did not expect it to slip to Dec and he'd be surprised if it did, and promised to delete his account on the ASC discord if it did.  And he said NO WAY to a January release, so very high probability (barring any other ED rather than ASC issues) I'd be pretty confident it's still coming by end of Nov (note that I have been over-optimistic before, but this time I'm really, really sure).

[dahui]

58 minutes ago, rob10 said:

The dev has made it pretty clear that he did not expect it to slip to Dec and he'd be surprised if it did, and promised to delete his account on the ASC discord if it did.  And he said NO WAY to a January release, so very high probability (barring any other ED rather than ASC issues) I'd be pretty confident it's still coming by end of Nov (note that I have been over-optimistic before, but this time I'm really, really sure).

It has been released to the Closed Beta Group within DCS since a few Weeks now. The Problem is more, the lack of Communication of ED's Side (in my Opinion) and thats why people are going nuts. The Users are waiting every Friday for news in the newsletter regarding the 130 and nothing new is coming. So im not surprised about everyone is getting slowly impatient.

[AhSoul]

On 11/15/2025 at 3:49 AM, Rudel_chw said:

I’d rather have the developer take as much time as needed … in the meantime I’m flying the Mirage 2000 while I still can, before the inexorable  dcs progress renders it unusable. 

I find myself in the F-15E a lot more for similar reasons 

[Mr_Burns]

On 11/15/2025 at 4:16 PM, rob10 said:

The dev has made it pretty clear that he did not expect it to slip to Dec and he'd be surprised if it did, and promised to delete his account on the ASC discord if it did.  And he said NO WAY to a January release, so very high probability (barring any other ED rather than ASC issues) I'd be pretty confident it's still coming by end of Nov (note that I have been over-optimistic before, but this time I'm really, really sure).

I am of a similar opinion and no discredit to DCS, I feel that DCS update things so quickly every developer is in a fight, a fight that was not considered when pricing their part.

I don’t want to spread ‘rumoured bar talk’ but everything is a complex beast to make this sim the best ever (well once we get dynamic campaigns it will be) and the reason I only fly here is its detail.

But since the Hawk issue (although ISTR they tried their own way) my feelings were the constant improvement in the DCS engine made it hard for developers to meet the level DCS demands.

Obviously I am talking out of my hoop but it’s definitely a complex machine to make it all great and fair.

[mondo]

On 11/18/2025 at 6:48 AM, Mr_Burns said:

I am of a similar opinion and no discredit to DCS, I feel that DCS update things so quickly every developer is in a fight, a fight that was not considered when pricing their part.

I don’t want to spread ‘rumoured bar talk’ but everything is a complex beast to make this sim the best ever (well once we get dynamic campaigns it will be) and the reason I only fly here is its detail.

But since the Hawk issue (although ISTR they tried their own way) my feelings were the constant improvement in the DCS engine made it hard for developers to meet the level DCS demands.

Obviously I am talking out of my hoop but it’s definitely a complex machine to make it all great and fair.

Small, incremental and frequent updates is actually best practice for development. 

[NineLine]

[Someone]

3 minutes ago, NineLine said:

But not too much.

[TheBiggerBass]

vor 5 Stunden schrieb NineLine:

I hope it's released before I reach Yodas age.

[Plokkum]

Yo, da thing will come out.

[Zergburger]

2 hours ago, Plokkum said:

Yo, da thing will come out.

big troof

[Kang]

Okay, so here's the thing:

I know that the plan was for it to release within November and things are being sliced a bit thin there now. I am also aware that it has probably shipped off to ED headquarters, the dingy apartment above that supermarket in Switzerland, already, but: I'm busy this weekend. At least on Friday night and Saturday morning. Could you do me a solid and, well, nudge it a week?

[ThorBrasil]

1 hour ago, Kang said:

Okay, so here's the thing:

I know that the plan was for it to release within November and things are being sliced a bit thin there now. I am also aware that it has probably shipped off to ED headquarters, the dingy apartment above that supermarket in Switzerland, already, but: I'm busy this weekend. At least on Friday night and Saturday morning. Could you do me a solid and, well, nudge it a week?

"You can be sure that ED will bring forward the launch of the C-130J because you won't be home."  

My bet is on the 28th. If it doesn't come out on that day, it will only be in December. 

Edited yesterday at 01:17 AM by ThorBrasil

[Someone]

5 hours ago, Kang said:

Okay, so here's the thing:

I know that the plan was for it to release within November and things are being sliced a bit thin there now. I am also aware that it has probably shipped off to ED headquarters, the dingy apartment above that supermarket in Switzerland, already, but: I'm busy this weekend. At least on Friday night and Saturday morning. Could you do me a solid and, well, nudge it a week?

I cannot

[AhSoul]

6 hours ago, Someone said:

I cannot

Friday release confirmed  

[Beirut]

I figured the sale that's on now was to keep the children quiet for two-weeks until the C-130 came out. And the sale ends Thursday, so maybe Friday...

 

And I have a new 32" monitor coming tomorrow, so Friday will be just fine. 

[YoYo]

It's best not to ask if someone doesn't have it yet ;>. This is the last chance for a discount. The November patch for DCS will likely be out this week (usually Wednesday, sometimes Thursday), so it's possible the C-130J will also appear. This is also your last chance to buy it with a pre-order discount :).

[Rudel_chw]

27 minutes ago, YoYo said:

so it's possible the C-130J will also appear. This is also your last chance to buy it with a pre-order discount :).

I purchased this aircraft as soon as @Someoneconfirmed it would not be encrypted, but I will be happy whenever its released I don’t care how long it takes 

[YoYo]

5 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

I purchased this aircraft as soon as @Someoneconfirmed it would not be encrypted, but I will be happy whenever its released I don’t care how long it takes 

Note that the last model (MiG-29 9.12) is not, so it's possible that they discontinued the idea after all (I'm guessing).

[Rudel_chw]

56 minutes ago, YoYo said:

Note that the last model (MiG-29 9.12) is not, so it's possible that they discontinued the idea after all (I'm guessing).

yes, but that fact was disclosed after release, so I used my savings on the Hercules instead.

[ThorBrasil]

6 hours ago, YoYo said:

It's best not to ask if someone doesn't have it yet ;>. This is the last chance for a discount. The November patch for DCS will likely be out this week (usually Wednesday, sometimes Thursday), so it's possible the C-130J will also appear. This is also your last chance to buy it with a pre-order discount :).

I don't remember having updates during promotional periods. That's why I say it's more likely that the update will happen on Friday (28). If it doesn't, it will only be in December. Of course, I could be wrong! Nobody is the voice of reason! Now I'm hoping it comes out this week, but if it doesn't, we'll wait!