C27A is a great airplane.Riiight.
From Solution to Scrapheap: The Afghan AF?s C-27A Transports
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Dec 10/13: Why? The SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan) is investigating the C-27A contract. The 16 planes in Kabul are reportedly unflyable after logging only just of 4,500 planned hours in 2012, and having 6 cannibalized for spare parts. There are another 4 in Germany. USAF Lt. Gen. Charles Davis was unsparing, citing the plane’s issues in the hot, dusty environment, and saying that:
“Just about everything you can think of was wrong for it other than the airplane was built for the size of cargo and mission they needed…. Other than that, it didn’t really meet any of the requirements…. It was contractor performance, [pilot recruitment], a very unsustainable airframe…. everything you could think of that went into this…. We looked for buyers, people to accept those, and nobody was interested in trying to maintain an airplane that was no longer sustainable,…”
Let's face it. The C@&A was dumped on the Afghan Air Force because the USAF didn't want them because they were useless and wanted to hide the evidence.
Why not replace one DHC aircraft with another, Caribou for NG Buffalo?
http://www.vikingair.com/uploadedFil...ary%202009.pdf