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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS
ACQUISITION DIVISION JUNE 16, 1980
B-199037
The Honorable Robert J. Lagomarsino I
House of Representatives 112609
Dear Mr. Lagomarsino:
Subject: rAir Force Justification for Storing Its
Advanced Medium Short Takeoff and Landing
Prototype Aircraftj(PSAD-80-56)
In response to your April 30, 1980, letter, we have
gathered information regarding the Air Force's decision to
store the four advanced medium STOL l/ transport (AMST)
prototype aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
Unlike the impression created by the article your constituent
submitted to you, that the aircraft are being stored indefi-
nitely with no likely future use, we found that the Air
Force believes that the prototypes could possibly be used
in its C-X aircraft development program. Moreover, the Air
Force believes that the cost of storage is justified in view
of the benefits which could result if the prototypes are used.
Your constituent's letter also charged that
* * * the Air Force has made a terrific expen-
sive blunder of spending our tax money to no
purpose and obligated the companies [Boeing and
McDonnell Douglas] to use up their own resources
in the expectation of getting orders that never
materalized.
He closed with a comment that
Apparently the Air-Force is a law unto itself for
neither the Congress nor the President objected
to this mismanagement.
I/STOL: short takeoff and landing. ,ZC) '23
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