US Coast Guard HC-271 Spartan

US Coast Guard HC-271 Spartan surveillance aircraft.

[@carlobrotto7132]

CJ27 Spartan amazing plane

[@vicentecariello902]

Questo aereo è un gioiello, grazie alla paternità dell'ingegnere Gabrielli. Lo spartan 27 di Leonardo è il successore del G 222

[@fredtedstedman]

She's cute as a button ! especially in Coast Guard livery . quite aerobatic too !

[@albertkvanderpool5847]

Us coast guard has a spartan total cool.Looks like a great plane for Alaska.😮

[@cliffhigson7581]

Great plane, used here in Australia by our airforce & is a real workhorse. They would like to get some more as well.

[@SC-sf8xt]

What do they use it for?

[@manfromthepast]

@@SC-sf8xt pretending to save people but,really harassing anyone with a real nice speed boat.

[@TheBadTrad]

@@manfromthepast One of the most ridiculous comments I’ve seen in a very long time. Who hurt you as a child?

[@Sometungsten]

This is a HC-27J, not a HC- 271.

[@KrasherJack]

Wow, an upgraded C-123...

[@normansilver905]

Great mission specific aircraft. Tough, agile, dependable and very well built! Good choice for this job.

[@jamesdaple9951]

What’s it’s mission??

[@normansilver905]

@@jamesdaple9951 Short range (less than 400 miles) Air/Sea Rescue.

[@gordonthayer5335]

A view from the recliner. These Spartans should be working along with the Herc's. They would save a lot of fuel and they can land and take off from many more air strips. In humanitarian emergency this can make a big difference.

[@silntstl]

Quite the story of how they ended up in the Coast Guards hands....

[@user-ru6dy8lp1r]

멋진비행하시기바랍니다?

[@askhowiknow5527]

I need one of those

[@paulconnors2078]

I would like to get a ride on one of these on a SPACE A basis when COVID is behind us.

[@jesseslade3084]

Buffalo sabres red and black

[@gersonpriante4031]

Que Avião é Este?.

[@thomassalois3508]

I didn't know they flew out of Elizabeth City I thought they only flew out of Air Station Sacremento

[@silvert00]

Elizabeth city is where the main air station is. Has both the A and C schools so has all airframes for training and SAR.

[@jakeryan682]

@@silvert00 why no

[@banditsix2870]

Elizabeth City is where the Conversion process from Airforce to Coast Guard happens. As all C-27s were acquired from the Airforce. As such, the unit that converts them has a single C-27 so they always have an airframe to look at.

[@gersonpriante4031]

Até wue Idade Pode se alistar na Guarda cossteira do EUA?.....

[@militaryplaneyt7648]

Yes you can

[@Stellar001100]

I wonder if there is a civilian variant on the market.

[@davidebonannini640]

@Rick Regina No there isn't

[@NesconProductions]

Think there are a bunch of these aircraft in long term storage out in the desert near Tuscon, AZ. If still there (& refurbished) think would make an ideal sort of aircraft to help ferry materials in Ukraine. Think would make a much needed addition to their air force once hostilities crease and put to good use.

[@GOPGOP-bk2yy]

Was originally for the US Army to use as a intra-theater transport but the wusses in the Air Force cried & said that's our mission & the Army was forced to turn the program over to the Air Force who then promptly cancelled the project. The aircraft on hand were then turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard.

[@cgmason7568]

Think they were for the Afghan Air Force but were too expensive, so the Coast Guard and SOCOM grabbed them

[@danielpearson6306]

Leave to the politicians as they wanted to dump money into developing a different aircraft.

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

@@cgmason7568 No the Afghan Air Force acquired older ex Italian air force refurbished G-222 or C-27A model. The US government were original were acquiring up to 150 C-27j for the US Army. Then it became a joint US army/ Airforce program. However only 21 were acquired. All went to the US airforce . Then eventually 14 were transferred to the US Coast Guard and 7 to the US Army.

[@tarabottogino]

Is this a cargo plane like the C130 in small version???

[@fargneta]

It is the evolution of the G222, a cargo plane built by the Italian company Alenia. Basically a C130 in reduced scale, but with a very high maneuverability, and exceptional VSTOL (Very Short Take Off and Landing) capabilities.

[@user-el1gp8ht5r]

same engine as the c130j

[@oveidasinclair982]

I guess it's better than flying the Falcon, but I would rather have C130's because of the range, endurance and four engines.

[@michaelcorbeil9719]

Is it me or is it a small version of the C-130 but as a twin Engine

[@billscott6315]

Updated version of the Aeritalia/Fiat G222, developed in cooperation with Lockheed and gaining a lot of commonality in the process. In effect, a twin Herk.

[@aderitodealmeida5644]

@@billscott6315 , no, more accurately, a version of C-27J Spartan (formerly done by Alenia and today by Leonardo group).

[@billscott6315]

@@aderitodealmeida5644 Agreed, but ultimately it is derived from the Fiat.

[@aderitodealmeida5644]

@@billscott6315 , yes, it is...

[@billscott6315]

@@aderitodealmeida5644 I'm glad we agree :)

[@henryhettinger5981]

half a Herc!

[@emmanuelmeysman820]

Indeed for half the price maybe .

[@jimjones7912]

Looks like an upgrade of C123

[@toddw6716]

Nice looking bird. Seem the right fit for what the CG does. C130 seems to be overkill but some locations need them. Average CG mission on east coast this seem to be made for

[@cgmason7568]

Only a few Air Stations have C-130s

[@kio6697]

Italiano

[@kennethaliantluanga1370]

3 c271 Spartan airplane making machine I need every monthly send me farm veng district let go

[@eudaldguell3004]

Fiat