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2014-10-11 Afghanistan

Taxpayers Owe Half A Billion Dollars For DESTROYED Aircraft

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-11 08:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 $486M. How many A-10s would that keep operational? For Obama admin, and the DC crowd, its all about putting money in the right pockets, not combat effectiveness.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-11 13:23|| 2014-10-11 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 But not 1 whisper over the buying the services of a company to scrap the Forrestal for a penny and let them keep the proceeds......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-10-11 14:22|| 2014-10-11 14:22|| Front Page Top

#3 You could stop being an idiot "Same with Eyetalian sports cars, who'd buy one ?" There are no problems with G222-C27 several AFs have them including US air force and special airfores command.

Posted by Lionel Thoth9784 2014-10-11 15:42|| 2014-10-11 15:42|| Front Page Top

#4 "Odierno told lawmakers that the C-27J “impacted very positively” on 82nd Airborne Division’s ability to accomplish its mission by delivering supplies to remote locations.Portman reenforced his point by asking Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno to describe the C-27J’s performance in Afghanistan.

“It’s important for us to sustain air assets dedicated to ground forces,” Odierno said. “The Air Force made the decision; they think they can do this with C-130s. If we get that same support — that is what we need. I would say that this has been supplied very successfully by the C-27.”

Portman seized on Odierno’s statements to criticize the Air Force for failing to consider the money C-27s save when compared to older aircraft.

“The C-27 does it for $2,100 per hour, the CH-47 does it for about $11,000 per hour, the C-130 does for between $5,100 to $7,100 an hour — so from a taxpayer perspective, the C-27 not only allows you to land on smaller air strips, it’s saving the taxpayer money,” Portman said. He wants to make sure the Pentagon isn’t pulling a capability out of theater that meets a requirement. “I have never seen the military do this before.”

Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker also made a point of asking Army officials about their involvement in the Air Force’s C-27 decision. He expressed concern when Odierno said he learned about the C-27’s demise at a joint meeting between the two services."

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/03/09/csa-praises-doomed-c-27js-role-in-afghanistan/

Posted by Lionel Thoth9784 2014-10-11 15:58|| 2014-10-11 15:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The reason is that USAF hates anything that is tactical and not gold plated. This is the same crap that hapeneed with C23 Sherpas that were bought due to army pression for the same mission of small transport cargo in the 80's i think, but the Air force mafia hates that kind of missions, like it hates the A-10 so it sabotaged the Sherpas anytime it could.

Posted by Lionel Thoth9784 2014-10-11 16:03|| 2014-10-11 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 This also shows what is going on: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120227/DEFREG02/302270007/Alenia-Warns-U-S-Over-C-27J-Sales

Posted by Lionel Thoth9784 2014-10-11 16:08|| 2014-10-11 16:08|| Front Page Top

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