Rumsfeld attempts to cancel the contract for the C-130J, a plane considered unfit for duty by the Pentagon’s own inspector general. But there is Congressional opposition, so yesterday Rumsfeld advised Congress that Defense would continue the $4.1 billion five-year contract.
The plane is considered so inept it isn’t used for combat, which means that most of them are stationed in the U.S. As a result, the presence of the planes has been used as justification by members of Congress for keeping a base open.
Details in The New York Times.