Air Force Depot Maintenance: Information on the Cost-Effectiveness of B-1 and B-52 Support Options

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about programmed depot maintenance of five B-1B aircraft under contract with Boeing North American, Inc., and Boeing's proposal to reengine the B-52 fleet, focusing on: (1) comparing the cost of performing depot maintenance on five B-1B aircraft at Boeing's Palmdale, California, facility to the estimated cost of performing similar work at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center; and (2) analyzing the differences between Boeing's proposal (and associated projected savings) to reengine the B-52 fleet and the subsequent Air Force analysis and projected costs of implementing the proposal.