The average age of United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft is over 22 years and increasing. The USAF is buying only a fraction of the new aircraft necessary to simply stop the declining age trend. The real effects of aging are seen in increased costs of ownership, and decreasing availability of aircraft to accomplish their mission. With thousands of aircraft in the USAF fleet, managed by numerous agencies, the job of managing the affects of aging is as much a managerial and leadership challenge as it is a technical one. Considering the immensity of the USAF and its breadth of locations around the world, the effort to develop and implement a strategy for managing the USAF's aging fleet is enormous. This paper offers an overview of the management approach being taken by the USAF to manage it's aging fleet and to mitigate the unique effects of aging experienced by its aeronautical weapon systems.
Setting up a Strategic Architecture for the Life Cycle Management of USAF Aging Aircraft
2003
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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