MC-27J concept. Alenia art
Posted on 03/09/2019 5:00:31 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
MC-27J concept. Alenia art
A baby C130...
My first thoughts also.
Smaller might equate to less expensive and more maneuverable. Tighter cornering might help keep them on target better.
Or an updated C-7 Caribou, depending on your perspective.
U.S. Air Force shelving brand new C-27J Spartan aircraft after spending millions
Note: These were forced on the Air Force thru democrat senators, but when Obama cut military spending, the USAF did NOT have O&M funds to actually fly them.
A dozen new C-27J Spartans have been sent to a storage facility at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., known as "the boneyard" and five that are still under construction will likely end up there as well, reported the Dayton Daily News.
"They are too near completion for a termination to be cost-effective," Air Force spokesman Darryl Mayer told the Ohio newspaper.
Since 2007, the military reportedly spent $567 million on 21 of the C-27J Spartans but only 16 have been delivered and the majority of those sit in the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, according to the Dayton Daily News.
In 2011, seven democratic senators from Ohio penned a letter appealing to the military to purchase up to 42 more C-27J Spartans, saying that doing otherwise would "weaken our national and homeland defense."
Form follows function as they say.
Despite being an excellent aircraft, the C-27J has not won many orders.
So I'm guessing that these are Ohio state senators? AFIK Ohio only has 2 federal senators.
Twice the USAF airlift organization has abandoned the C-27.
The C-27 would make an excellent special operations platform with its smaller size and short field performance .
seven democratic senators from Ohio
Is this a trick question? Heh.
Some of them might have been dead.
I was told there would be no math.
Are they giving it a Shave in that picture ?
I’ve seen math, lots of math. Lots of stats and numbers over the years. A lot of that doesn’t even matter. What really matters is how a Christian should conduct themselves. I’ll say if a person knows how linked abortion and vaccines are, would God approve?
I don’t know your faith, but I know mine.
Lol, wrong reply to the wrong thread. My apologies.
Sell ‘em to Australia at a discount?
Before they all got sent to the boneyard, the Coast Guard at McClellen Airport, Sacramento, acquired 2 or three at no cost. They use them with their C130s for Coastal duties.
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