Airlift Requirements: Commercial Freighters Can Help Meet Requirements at Greatly Reduced Costs

NSIAD-94-209 Published: Jul 11, 1994. Publicly Released: Jul 18, 1994.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) airlift requirements, focusing on the Air Force's cost and operational effectiveness analysis (COEA) for its C-17 aircraft program.

Recommendations

Matter for Congressional Consideration

Matter	Status	Comments
Congress should not consider the COEA as a basis for authorizing 120 C-17, since the minimum number of C-17 needed to fulfill military requirements has yet to be determined.	Closed – Not Implemented	Since the report was issued, DOD has begun several studies of airlift requirements which will make the COEA results no longer directly applicable. Subsequent GAO work is addressing changes in the COEA and DOD's planned COEA update (the Strategic Airlift Force Mix Analysis).

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National Defense

Combat readinessCommercial aviationCost effectiveness analysisDefense capabilitiesDefense contingency planningDefense cost controlLogisticsMilitary aircraftMilitary airlift operationsShort takeoff aircraft