Recent experiences in overseas combat operations have demonstrated that America needs an improved capability for medium airlift inside combat theaters and in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. warfighters will soon experience that improved intratheater airlift capability through the recently awarded Joint cargo aircraft (JCA) program.
JCA began as an "Army-only" future cargo aircraft (FCA) studies program in the late 1990s. According to Army planners, the resulting "F-series" studies recognized a gap in the ability to meet U.S. Army direct-support requirements for time-sensitive, missioncritical cargo and passenger delivery to service elements. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air …

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