Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
The only thing more effed up than the C-27 FAC program is the USAF Tanker program.
Some Army Guard units are getting the C-27. Many, who need it most, are stuck with the C-23. We can thank the Active Army and USAF for screwing the Guard.
There's a current C-23 Sherpa divestiture plan being implemented by the National Guard Bureau that has all the C-23's in the ARNG retired by the first quarter of FY15 (i.e. by the end of 2014). The affected units are supposedly reverting from a fixed wing cargo mission to a fixed wing utility mission (whatever that means). So either those losing units are getting a C-12 as a replacement airframe or something else is coming down the pike in the future where the Army Guard might be reconsidered as a buy-in to the C-27 program.