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A survey of aircraft structural life management programs in the U.S. Navy, the Canadian forces, and the U.S. Air Force [electronic resource] / Yool Kim, Stephen Sheehy. Darryl Lenhardt

Author
Kim, Yool
Published
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2006.
Physical Description
xxv, 87 p. ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators
Sheehy, Stephen, Lenhardt, Darryl, Project Air Force (U.S.). Resource Management Program, Rand Corporation, and United States. Air Force
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Summary
The U.S. Air Force owns and operates some 6,000 aircraft, with an average age of 22 years. Many of the older aircraft are facing aging issues. Since 1958, the Air Force has relied on its Aircraft Structural Integrity Program to maintain the safety of its aircraft throughout their service lives. In recent years, concerns have arisen about the aging force, budget pressures, diminishing program regulation, and communication challenges. The authors have addressed these concerns by comparing the Air Force program with its peers in the U.S. Navy and Canadian Forces, seeking insights that might help the Air Force enhance its own program's effectiveness. Some of these insights include the value of clarifying the program's policies and extending and formalizing existing processes, providing independent compliance assessment, facilitating communications and close working relationships, and standardizing metrics and communications to improve the command's understanding of the conditions of all its aircraft.
Report Numbers
RAND/MG-370-AF
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ISBN
0833038621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780833038623 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Note
"RAND Project Air Force."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references p. (85-87).
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