Joint Efforts: Moving The Army's Intra-Theater Air Cargo With The Air Force C-27J Spartan

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine how the Air Force can fill the tactical intra-theater cargo airlift role for the Army, based on current airlift requirements and platforms. In 2004, the US Army and US Air Force both began pursuing a small, more capable, fixed-wing aircraft for intra-theater airlift operations. The C-27J Spartan was chosen to be the Joint solution with both Services scheduled to receive aircraft. In 2010, federal budget reductions removed the C-27J from the Army inventory, transferred the program over to the Air Force, and reduced the projected number of delivered aircraft from 78 to 38.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1030769

Entities

People

  • Gage A Anderson

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Logistics
  • Military Personnel
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.