This is just plain wrong! New Air Force Planes Go Directly to 'Boneyard'

Mr Quatro · 10-14-13, 04:10 PM

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...3435630&rank=2

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New cargo planes on order for the U.S. Air Force are being delivered straight into storage in the Arizona desert because the military has no use for them, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.

A dozen nearly new C-27J Spartans from Ohio and elsewhere have already been taken out of service and shipped to the so-called boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. Five more are expected to be built by April 2014, all of which are headed to the boneyard unless another use for them is found.

The Air Force has spent $567 million on 21 C-27J aircraft since 2007, according to purchasing officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Sixteen had been delivered by the end of September.

Tchocky · 10-14-13, 04:11 PM

Reminds me of Congress buying tanks that the Army didn't want.

Tchocky · 10-14-13, 04:12 PM

And COME ON!

in a headline we say it's "just plane wrong"

AVGWarhawk · 10-14-13, 04:38 PM

I'll take that hammer for $600 and raise a toilet seat for $400.

Stealhead · 10-14-13, 05:18 PM

Well most of the stuff at the Boneyard is either there to be broken up or to be stored until needed and they take all useful parts and place them back into service.So the facility as whole is not a waste of money it saves money.I should know I have seen it many times.

The C-27 on the other hand is a waste of money forced upon the military.Another example of pork barrel spending.

Mr Quatro · 10-15-13, 06:53 PM

After a little research I guess it's not so wrong. The USAF has a budget and they have decided to retain the old C-130's instead of the new planes.

I can't blame them the C-130 is a great plane: http://www.defensenews.com/article/2...irole-Aircraft

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Donley said the reason the C-27 light turboprop transport will not only be canceled but existing aircraft retired is because the C-130 is more versatile.
“C-27 is another prominent program where we think we have good alternatives,” Donley said. “We have demonstrated the ability of the C-130 to support the direct-support mission.”

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As the ground forces shrink, the Air Force will need fewer transport aircraft, so the proposed spending cuts call for the Air Force to retire 27 aging C-5As and 65 of the oldest C-130s, leaving Air Mobility Command with 52 C-5Ms, 318 C-130s and 222 C-17s

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'll take that hammer for $600 and raise a toilet seat for $400. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-14-13, 05:18 PM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Well most of the stuff at the Boneyard is either there to be broken up or to be stored until needed and they take all useful parts and place them back into service.So the facility as whole is not a waste of money it saves money.I should know I have seen it many times. The C-27 on the other hand is a waste of money forced upon the military.Another example of pork barrel spending.