The Defense Department will give seven Air Force C-27J Spartans to U.S. Special Operations Command, leaving only 14 aircraft in the service's fleet -- a number too small to meet the needs of two other federal agencies that have have expressed an interest in obtaining some of the divested cargo airplanes. Defense News reported earlier today that Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter approved the transfer of the seven C-27J airplanes from the Air Force to SOCOM on Oct. 28. Air...
