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C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:51 pm
by P-3K
Alenia Aermacchi, it appears, are offering the Spartan for UK Military use, ahead of the SDSR........
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... uk-416859/
Re: C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:50 pm
by page_verify
"filling the future airlift gap that will exist between the Airbus A400M tactical transport and Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter."
Is there such a gap in our inventory?
Re: C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:56 pm
by EGDR
There will be if all of the C-130Js are retired as planned in 2022. (there aren't many BAe 146s to go around, and I'm not sure how long they're planned to last for)
Re: C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:04 pm
by page_verify
Ah ok, thank you sir. I hadn't appreciated that was so far but so near.
Re: C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:36 pm
by f106dart
If the UK does get them I sure home there in service longer than the ones that the Air Nat Guard had.
Re: C-27J Touted for UK
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:00 pm
by page_verify
Ah, well that was all part of the knee jerk post-Cold War yet pre-ISIS era military reaction to a threat that could have been predicted!