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LCD-80-85 1 (1980-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabasr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE '-!iA WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS JULY 8, 1980 DIVISION B-199357 The Honorable Harold Brown 112726 The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject:/comparison of Air Force and Navy Aircraft Engine Parts Reparability Coding3(LCD-80-85) We have completed a survey of depot overhaul and repair procedures for aircraft engines and their associated costs. We visited the Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; the Air Force Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Defense Logistics Service Center at Battle Creek, Michigan; the Naval Aviation Supply Office at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Naval Air Systems Command at Crystal City, Virginia; the Naval Air Logistics Center at Patuxent River, Maryland; and the Naval Air Research Facility (NARF) at Norfolk, Virginia. Although the information developed in this survey will be used in planning future work, we noted one problem which we wish to bring to your attention now. Some aircraft engine parts, which both the Air Force and the Navy repair are coded as reparable by the Air Force and nonreparable by the Navy. When this occurs, all potential savings to be gained from repairing a part may not be realized. In addition, it hinders the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to integrate the management of parts used by two or more services. The Air Force and Navy code the majority of aircraft engine parts the same; that is, either reparable or non- reparable. However, based on purchase price, cost to repair, and the number of parts in each inventory, the Air Force might code a part reparable, whereas the Navy might code the same part nonreparable. We contacted the Norfolk NARF to determine if they could repair, or accept the Air Force repair of, selected TF-30 engine parts coded repar- able by the Air Force and nonreparable by the Navy. We found that the NARF repairs each of these items. According (947394)

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