The C-27 truth vacuum
By Philip Ewing on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 ![]()
No one seems to have the full picture of the Air Force’s embattled junior airlifter, and Congress is skeptical.
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No one seems to have the full picture of the Air Force’s embattled junior airlifter, and Congress is skeptical.
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The Air Force stands by its analysis on its embattled junior airlifter as critics question the service’s plans to mothball it.
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An editorial laments the comparative speed and economy of building fighters in a bygone era, but it may not be that simple.
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Boeing has delivered the first aircraft of its final batch of Super Hornets and Growlers — unless something changes.
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After a scrubbed first test flight, Eglin’s second F-35 sortie goes exactly as intended.
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An Ohio Guardsman claims the Air Force deliberately inflated C-27J lifecycle costs to justify canceling the fleet.
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The program boss says everyone just needs to let the process work, and the F-35 will deliver on its onetime promise.
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Gen. Odierno told senators that the airlifters were working fine, but nonetheless had to go away for money reasons.
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The Air Force makes history, briefly, as its training unit begins flying.
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CSAF says his service’s “institutional reputation” is at stake after negating the Afghanistan Super Tucano contract.
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The Air Force’s embarrassment this week could guarantee improvements at the Dover Port Mortuary.
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Air Guardsmen will hunt drug cartels in the service’s super secret turboprops bought to fly over Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Fleet wide study finds a host of problems in F-22 oxygen generation system that caused earlier grounding.
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The Air Force’s workhorse passed another milestone as its sorties continued over Afghanistan.
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After plans to replace its venerable UH-1N Hueys, the Air Force’s fleet could actually grow in the coming years.
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The Air Force could try to deal some of the new small airlifters and UAVs it’s retiring for budget reasons.
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The Air Force has kicked off its effort to field a new long range bomber in the 2020s, service officials say.
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The program is trucking along and the Air Force will get its first airplanes on schedule, officials say.
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The Air Force’s top training officer says it may not be long before the Panhandle’s training jets are cleared to fly.
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CSAF said it was especially tough to mothball the Air Force’s small new airlifters, but it had to be done.