[Milsurplus] Wasteful US govt surplus practices.

[Peter Gottlieb]

Some congresscritter's home state's business, probably.


On 10/10/2018 6:36 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> On 10 Oct 2018 at 12:47, Mark M via Milsurplus wrote:
>
>> This one is shocking.
>>
>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2787460/U-S-Air-Force-probed-scrapping-costly-planes-
>> bought-Afghans.html
> That concerns the C-27A. From the wikipedia article on that aircraft, it appears the entire
> event is a complete boondoggle from the very beginning.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan
>
> It costs almost twice as much to operate over its lifetime as a C-130.
>
> Then there was this: "By 2013, newly built C-27Js were being sent directly to the
> Davis-Monthan Air Force Base boneyard."
>
> The aircraft sounds like a complete lemon which was foisted on the Air Force by someone
> with an agenda.
>
> And we the taxpayers are the victims...as usual.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
>
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