The C-27J is a good little airplane.
What’s going on here is that these aircraft were originally to be bought by the U.S. Army for use as theater tactical lifters to take some strain off of their CH-47 fleet which were having to do all of the heavy lifting. The U.S. Air Force, being the precocious pricks that they are, threw a fit about the Army operating a serious fixed wing air asset so they finagled and got the project assigned to them. Now, the U.S. Air Force does not want to do theater tactical and has no plans to actually help the Army so instead of putting these fine airplanes to use they are being stored.
Utter horse$hit.
US Coast Guard is hoping to get the cast-offs. C-27’s would suit their mission and they are paid for. I think?