C-27J Program Profile - Personnel Service Center (PSC)
The Coast Guard is integrating 14 C-27Js into its medium range surveillance aircraft fleet, along with its HC-144 Ocean Sentries, to perform drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response, and search and rescue missions.
Alenia C-27J Spartan - Wikipedia
The HC-27J is a modified surveillance variant for the U.S. Coast Guard. Fourteen former U.S. Air Force (Air National Guard) C-27Js are to be modified into HC-27Js for maritime patrol, surveillance, medium-range search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, and disaster response missions.
Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft
The Coast Guard has 14 C-27J Spartans in its medium range surveillance aircraft fleet, along with its HC-144 Ocean Sentries, to perform drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and search and rescue missions.
The C-27J Spartan is part of the Coast Guard’s medium range surveillance aircraft fleet, with the HC-144 Ocean Sentry. The aircraft is instrumental in helping the Coast Guard fulfill its maritime patrol, drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and …
Structural Cracks Ground U.S. Coast Guard C-27J Spartan Patrol ... - Forbes
Dec 5, 2023 · Structural cracking has forced the U.S. Coast Guard to ground its entire fleet of 14 C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft, slashing the Coast Guard’s fixed-wing surveillance and light...
U.S. Coast Guard Grounds Fleet of C-27J Aircraft
Dec 6, 2023 · The U.S. Coast Guard has grounded its fleet of C-27J Spartan fixed wing surveillance aircraft following a call by manufacturer Leonardo directing operators to inspect for cracks.
Blow To Pacific Security As Cracked Aussie C-27J Spartans Are ... - Forbes
Dec 8, 2023 · In a potentially grave blow to Pacific security, the Royal Australian Air Force has joined the U.S. Coast Guard in grounding an undisclosed number of Australia’s Alenia C-27J Spartan mid-range...
C-27 medium range surveillance aircraft - United States Coast Guard
Apr 26, 2019 · The Coast Guard medium range surveillance aircraft is instrumental in helping the Coast Guard fulfill its maritime patrol, drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and search and rescue missions more effectively.
Swap Troubled Coast Guard C-27J Patrol Aircraft For Bell V-280 …
Dec 13, 2022 · Sold as an opportunity to leverage operational commonality with the Coast Guard’s fleet of C-130 long-range maritime patrol aircraft, the C-27J are failing to live up to their promise....
2014 – Coast Guard Acquires C-27J Aircraft - Coast Guard …
The Coast Guard acquired through an intra-service transfer, 14 C-27J Spartans that the U.S. Air Force planned to place in storage. The aircraft was manufactured by Leonardo’s Aircraft Division (formerly Alenia Aermacchi until 2016).