DefenceTalkRecently, POGO reported on the failed attempt to provide C-27A Spartan aircraft to the Afghans in order to fulfill their medium airlift requirements. Now, the successor effort to replace the C-27As with C-130Hs is also experiencing turbulence. Fortunately, after the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) sounded the alarm, a congressional committee has taken […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-efforts-to-stand-up-afghan-air-force-still-falling-down-60275/

DefenceTalkWith the recent collapse of the Iraqi state and its armed forces, the American taxpayer might correctly question how effective U.S. security assistance to Afghanistan has been over the past decade and whether the Afghan security state might similarly falter after the bulk of U.S. and NATO forces redeploy from the country at the end […]https://www.defencetalk.com/c-27a-shining-example-of-the-billions-wasted-in-afghanistan-60038/