Watchdog: Pentagon wasted millions on Italian planes later sold as scrap, no one held accountable
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force wasted $549 million on faulty Italian-made cargo planes for the Afghan government and no one involved in the deal has been held to account, according to a new report by a government watchdog.
Neither a former U.S. Air Force general who was heavily involved in the project nor the company that sold the flawed aircraft to the Pentagon has faced prosecution over the program, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report obtained by NBC News.
The Pentagon bought 20 G222 cargo aircraft from Alenia North America in 2008 but the planes proved unreliable, with long delays to secure the delivery of spare parts, maintenance problems and numerous complaints about their safety from Afghan pilots. The program was suspended and the planes were destroyed and turned into scrap metal in 2014, selling for $40,257, according to the report.
Unfortunately, no one involved in the program was held accountable for the failure of the G222 program, the report said.
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Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)Archae
(46,354 posts)I think the finances of those who approved this should be looked at.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)Mopar151
(10,002 posts)The military does'nt want them, but the money was appropriated for a PA Congressman's "pork barrel".
JHB
(37,163 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)Maybe this was a form of rent, or public relations.
twodogsbarking
(9,834 posts)from American companies.
marble falls
(57,308 posts)pfitz59
(10,398 posts)ya know!
EX500rider
(10,874 posts)...especially in countries with poor road networks and poor rail.
Need food/parts/fuel/troops delivered from main bases to smaller outlying bases.
Kid Berwyn
(14,979 posts)All the moving on has left the Republic bereft of integrity.