A Data Generation Process for a Total Package Approach
Abstract
An international request for those of us in the F-4 Technical Coordination Group (TCG), is a Security Assistance request. We, in the TCG, work for the United States Air Force in the United States Security Assistance Program. It is the security of our nation that puts us in the jobs we are in, and the jobs we do for each individual country are, to us, as important as U.S. government (USG) job tasks. In the USG, we generate a lot of data to support an Air Force Logistics process. When a foreign government sends a Letter of Request (LOR) to the USG asking to buy a U.S. weapon system, we, the government, are obligated to carefully evaluate the request. Of course, we take into consideration the country's standing with the United States and the various rules governing such a transfer, as prescribed in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act. In this connection, we must consider such issues as security and technology release, potential applications of the system, etc. [For a good summary of such factors, see pp. 22-23 of this issue which identifies the major factors which the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command uses in addressing foreign requests for U.S. weapons exports.] In this process, the LOR filters down through the State Department, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs, and the Afr Force Material Command.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA519410
Entities
People
- Teresa Alexander
Organizations
- Defense Security Cooperation Agency