New C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft Schoolhouse Opens
Monday, 11 January 2010 13:50
The new C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) schoolhouse at Robbins Air Force Base will be used to train Army and Air Force pilots and loadmasters of the new aircraft.
The school has been in operation at Robins AFB since September when the first of two C-27J planes arrived. The school will remain under development through 2011. Still to be added are an operational flight trainer and a fuselage trainer. A mockup cockpit has already been installed.
The JCA program of record calls for a minimum of 38 aircraft.
The C-27J JCA team is led by L-3 Communications’ Integrated Systems, Finmeccanica’s Alenia North America and Global Mobility Aircraft Systems (GMAS). ♦