Military Airlift: DOD Needs to Take Steps to Manage Workload Distributed to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet
To move passengers and cargo, Department of Defense (DOD) supplements its military aircraft with cargo and passenger aircraft from volunteer commercial carriers participating in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program. Participating carriers commit their aircraft to support a range of military operations in exchange for peacetime business. A House Armed Services Committee mandated Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on matters related to the CRAF program. GAO assessed whether DOD (1) met its military airlift training requirements while also using CRAF participants to the maximum extent practicable, (2) provided justification for restricting commercial carriers from transporting partial plane loads of cargo over certain routes, and (3) has established future requirements for CRAF and how the planned size of CRAF compares to those requirements. GAO reviewed guidance and policies pertaining to the program, flying hour data, and DOD-sponsored CRAF study reports. GAO also interviewed DOD and industry officials.
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Corporate Authors:
U.S. Government Accountability Office
441 G Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20548 - Publication Date: 2013-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 50p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airlines; Civil aircraft; Military airlift; Policy; Training
- Identifier Terms: Civil Reserve Air Fleet; U.S. Department of Defense
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01488314
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: GAO-13-564
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 29 2013 1:40PM