Presidential Travel: DOD Airlift Cost for White House Foreign Travel
Abstract
This report provides information on the Department of Defense (DOD) costs for fixed-wing cargo airlift, passenger airlift, and aerial refueling for foreign trips by the President, Vice President, and First Lady and for White House-directed trips from January 1997 through March 2000. This report is a follow-up to our September 1999 report, Presidential Travel: Costs and Accounting for the President's 1998 trips to Africa, Chile, and China (GAO/NSIAD-99-164). The 1999 report shows that DOD costs, particularly those for fixed-wing cargo airlift, passenger airlift, and aerial refueling-accounted for most of the costs for the three presidential trips addressed in the report. Foreign travel by the President, Vice President, First Lady, and other White House-directed travelers requires DOD airlift. Trips by the President sometimes may also require air refueling support. The Air Force's Air Mobility Command at Scoff Air Force Base, lllinois, the air component of the U.S. Transportation Command with which it is collocated, provides both passenger and cargo airlift for White House travel and air refueling when necessary. The Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing (located at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland), a unit under operational command of Air Mobility Command, provides worldwide passenger airlift for the President, Vice President, First Lady, and others traveling at the direction of the President. The Air Mobility Command assigns aircraft used for cargo airlift and air refueling from various air wings. Cargo airlifted could include vehicles and communications equipment, helicopters, and maintenance support personnel and equipment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA381088
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office