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LCD-79-413 1 (1979-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazdq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE i;~ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 L LM1 09303 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION MAY 11, 1979 B-163074 111111111l1 1111 1I The honorable Harold Brown 109303 The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: As part of our review of selected weather activities, we examined the Air Force efforts to obtain increased host nation weather support in Europe. We are concerned that the Air Force has not sufficiently explored the availability and use of such support as part of the Department of Defense's overall program to rely more on host nation support services. As you know, during the 1950s and 1960s, U.S. Forces in Europe relied primarily on themselves to provide needed rear area support in case of a North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation (NATO) conflict. In the late 1960s the United States started to rely more on host countries for assistance in supporting its forces to reduce duplicate support structures and overall cost. Although the Air Force appears to selectively use host nation support in rear areas, the concept is generally ap- plied to base maintenance and not weather support functions. Weather support is for the most part provided by Air Weather i/e Service personnel on U.S. bases. Nonetheless, we believe the expanded use of host nation'weather support should be explored because the Air Force already relies on such sup- port at some joint or host country operated airfields. A summary of our observations together with our recom- mendations are presented below. We discussed the issues addressed in this report with responsible Air Force offi- cials in Europe and at the Air Weather Service. Their comments are included below with their principal concerns presented on page 6. CD-79-413 /~f/,,/ (94 73 24 )

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