FORT BRAGG, N.C. — 82nd Airborne Division Commander Maj. Gen. Richard Clark has settled a lawsuit between the Fort Bragg-based paratrooper division and Lockheed-Martin. The 82nd Airborne will pay the defense contractor more than $7 million to settle royalty claims over the use of the trademarked term “C-130” in running cadences, including hundreds of expected recitations of the cadence during the division's annual “All-American Week” run today.
DOD Officials were alarmed when the 82nd Airborne Division racked up almost $1 million in unpaid fees during last year's All-American week, as the legendary running cadence was sung by every single company in the 15,000-man division for the entirety of the four-mile run.
“For over sixty years, the venerable turboprop aircraft has rolled down strips from Iraq to Vietnam,” said Clark. “Its ability to fly at lower airspeeds gives it a unique advantage over other airframes, allowing it to drop up to sixty-four troopers on a one-way trip.”
“Of course we are going to sing about it.”
