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Strategic Airlift: Further Air Base Reductions in Europe Could Jeopardize Capability - GAO Report
| Date: | June 2, 1994 |
| Report No.: | NSIAD-94-138 |
| Pages: | 24 |
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Summary: Airlift services Defense capabilities Air Force bases Budget cuts Combat readiness Defense contingency planning Logistics Military airlift operations Reductions in force Strategic mobility forces C-141 Aircraft C-5 Aircraft DOD Mobility Requirements Study Europe Germany KC-10 Aircraft KC-135 Aircraft Middle East Over the past several years, U.S. airlift operations at several air bases in Europe have either been closed or curtailed. As of March 1994, operational capabilities at the six key air bases in Europe that would best support airlift aircraft headed for the Middle East are just enough to meet the mobility requirements spelled out in the Mobility Requirements Study. GAO concludes that ending airlift operations at any of the six European air bases would increase the risk that U.S. troops or cargo destined for a Middle East crisis would arrive too late; further, the Air Force would have to resort to riskier practices, such as aerial refueling and emergency base construction. |
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