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To: LindyBill who wrote (369977)	6/23/2010 7:08:20 AM
From: unclewest	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794329

Last year SOCOM bought ten M-28 Skytruck aircraft from Polish manufacturer PZL. The reason given was that SOCOM needed a smaller transport, that could land on rough fields, to get small numbers of troops and supplies to the many scattered bases it has in places like Afghanistan. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (a component of SOCOM) will operate the aircraft, which can carry up to 18 passengers or three tons of cargo. Currently, the air force usually has to send a larger C-130 on these missions. That really says USSOCOM and Marine Special Operations Command's insistence on buying the osprey is a huge failure.