Inquiry Letter: G222 Disposition Notification Request
Abstract
In a letter to you dated December 5, 2013, my office announced its review of the procurement of a fleet of twenty G222 (C-27A) aircraft for use in Afghanistan, at a cost of $486 million.1 This program was terminated in March 2013, after sustained, serious performance, maintenance, and spare parts problems and the planes were grounded. It has recently come to my attention that the sixteen G222s accepted and delivered to Afghanistanwhich were for some time sitting idle on a tarmac at the Kabul International Airportwere turned over to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and have since been scrapped. A letter concerning this development was sent to the Secretary of the Air Force and is attached.2 I have been informed that the remaining four G222 aircraft at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany were not turned over to DLA for scrapping, and that a final decision on the fate of those planes has not yet been made.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 03, 2014
- Accession Number
- AD1140246
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction