Military Readiness: DOD Needs a Clear and Defined Process for Setting Aircraft Availability Goals in the New Security Environment

Abstract

The attacks on September 11, 2001, show that threats to U.S. security can now come from any number of terrorist groups, at any number of locations, and in wholly unexpected ways. As a result, the Department of Defense (DOD) is shifting to a new defense strategy focused on dealing with uncertainty by acting quickly across a wide range of combat conditions. One key ingredient of the new strategy is the availability of aircraft to carry out their missions. Key measures of availability include the percentage of time an aircraft can perform at least one or all of its assigned missions, termed the "mission capable" (MC) and "full mission capable" (FMC) rates, respectively. GAO examined whether key DOD aircraft have been able to meet MC and FMC goals in recent years, and DOD's process for setting aircraft availability goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1153430

Entities

People

  • Neal Curtin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Models
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aircraft
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Military Aircraft
  • Personnel Management
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design