Scott trials new airframe
More than 20 Airmen from Scott Air Force Base continued production qualification testing on the C-27J Spartan.
The C-27J was originally an Army development program until April 2009 when Defense Secretary Robert Gates shifted the program to the Air Force. As such, Air Force-specific procedures for how to operate the aircraft must be created, which is where these tests came in.
The C-27J boasts shorter landing and take-off capabilities which allows the airframe to fly into austere areas that do not have the necessary infrastructure to handle the Air Force's larger aircraft. The airframe will significantly enhance the Air Force's capabilities to evacuate wounded service members out of dangerous environments.
“We gathered data so aeromedical evacuation training regulations and operating instructions for the aircraft can be written,” said Master Sgt Michael Baker, a test director from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
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