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LCD-78-421 1 (1978-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxny0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT R~ESUME 06480 - [B20871021 Essentiality of Air Force War Pserve Items. LCD-78-421; B-133390. July 25, 1978. 26 pp. + 4 epipendices (4 pp.). Report to Sen. John C. Stennis, Chairman, Senate CCmmittee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Balance of War Reserves, Prepositicned Stocks, aid the Industrial Base. (806). Contact: Loqistics and Communications Div. Budqet Function: National Dqfense: Department c Defense - Military (except procurement & ccntracts) (051). Orqanization Concerned: Department of Defense; Department of the Air Force. Conqreszional RelevLnce: House Committee on Arved Services; Senate Committee on Armed ServiciE. Sen. John C. Stennis. Authority: S. Rept. 95-325. In fiscal year 197e, the Air Fcrce estimated its reacetime requirements for reparable (or investment-type) aircraft spare parts at $586 million and its war reserve requirement at about $i billion. Congressicnal committees have continually questioned the basis for and validity cf the Department of Defense's war reserve requirements for spare and repair parts. A rfeview was conducted of 199 randomly selected aircraft spares -nd repair parts having a war reserve requirement as of June 30, 1977, which the Air Force planned to buy, to determine if the buy requirement was valid, the items were critical to wartime missions, items supported the more important weapons systems, and items with tie greatest critical deficiencies were given funding priorities. iindinqs/Conclusions: AL erroneous requirement of more than $1 million to support a weapons system that was ineligible for that type of support was qenerated because invalid factors were not deleted from the requirements computation system. Between 194 and 533 of the 2,423 war reserve investment items managed by Warner Rolbihs Air Loqistics Center had an invalid requirement. Essentiality desiqnations were incorrect for 13 of the items sampled. The Air Force's documentation used to justify its essential spare part needs is inccmlete and Lased on erroneo's data which causes annual. budget submissions to te cverstated. The Air Force does not have an effective ae',.od of assigning priorities to war reserve items in terms of their iuportance to warti e missions. Deficiencies in investment and stcck fund items occurred because: data are not checked for accuracy before beinq used; heavy workloads make checking data difficult; good sources are not :eadily available for scme data needed, personnel are not thorouqhly trained in system operations; and policies and procedures are unclear. Recomaendations: he secretary of the Air Force should: make sure that the neb system can adequateiy establish priorities for war reserve items before

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