entered service
... that the Lockheed C-130 Hercules entered service with the RAAF in 1958, making Australia the first country after the United States to operate the aircraft?
... that the <a href="./Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" id="mwA7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a> <i id="mwA7U">(pictured)</i> <b id="mwA7Y"><a href="./Lockheed_C-130_Hercules_in_Australian_service" id="mwA7c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service">entered service</a></b> with the <a href="./Royal_Australian_Air_Force" id="mwA7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF</a> in 1958, making Australia the first country after the United States to operate the aircraft?