Defense Logistics: DOD Needs to Improve Budget Estimates and Accuracy of Forecasts for Airlift Services

Abstract

For fiscal years 2007 through 2017, the Air Force requested $2.8 billion from Congress for Airlift Readiness Account (ARA) requirements, as part of its annual Operations and Maintenance appropriation. The Air Force allotted $2.8 billion (i.e., directed the use of the appropriated funds) and expended $2.4 billion of these funds for the ARA. U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) uses ARA funds to support airlift operations. Specifically, the Air Force requests ARA funds in its annual Operations and Maintenance budget request and subsequently provides these funds to TRANSCOM to assist in paying for airlift services (see figure). Amounts requested, allotted, and expended varied from year-to-year, in some cases by hundreds of millions of dollars, in part due to changes in the amount of airlift services provided by TRANSCOM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 04, 2018
Accession Number
AD1157176

Entities

People

  • Asif A. Khan
  • Diana Maurer

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Budgets
  • Air Force Operations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Budget Estimates
  • Business Administration
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • National Governments
  • Standards
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Government
  • United States Transportation Command

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.