C-27    Spartan
     Brief: A converted commercial airlifter used primarily for cargo
 operations on short, unimproved airstrips.
     Function: Theater airlifter.
     Operator: ACC.
     First Flight: July 18,1970.(
     Delivered: August 1991-December 1992.
     IOC: October1991.
     Production: 10.
     Inventory: seven.
     Ceiling: 25,000 ft.
     Unit Location: Howard AFB, Panama.
     Contractor:    Chrysler.
     Power Plant: two Fiat-built General Electric T64-GE-P4D
 turboprops; each 3,400 shp.
     Accommodation (C-27A): crew of three; various configurations,
 mci provision for 34 fully equipped troops or 14,850 lb cargo.
     Dimensions: span 94 ft 2 in, length 74 ft 5 in, height 34 ft 8in.
     Weight: empty 35,500 lb, gross 56,878 lb.
     Performance: max cruising speed 288 mph, ferry range with max
 fuel 1,727 miles.
 COMMENTARY
     C-27A. Ten commercially available Alenia G222 medium airlifters
 were modified to C-27A short takeoff and landing (STOL) intratheater
 transport standard. Modifications include new HF/VHF communications,
 autopilot, and INS. C-27As provide rapid-response airlift of person-
 nel and cargo to remote location accessible primarily through unim-
 proved airfields with short, unprepared landing surfaces.
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