Army Aviation Maintenance performance has slowly declined over the past 20 years and is currently lacking a comprehensive 21st Century strategy to prepare it to support the Transformation of Army Aviation as an Expeditionary Force. The key questions aviation planners must answer are as follows: What is Army Aviation's Expeditionary Strategy.; Is the current Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM) and Aviation Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM) Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) the right organizational structure for Army Aircraft maintenance in the 21st Century.; Should Army Aviation keep the current three levels of maintenance and/or combine AVUM companies and AVIM companies under one maintenance battalion command.; and Is the current Army Aviation Maintenance strategy efficient or effective in the Post Cold War non-linear battlefield in an era of Expeditionary Force Projection, and what added capabilities or interoperability does it bring to the fight. Over the past 35 years the Army Aviation Maintenance philosophy and strategy have not significantly changed. During 1969, in a search for a maintenance strategy to meet the needs of the high helicopter operational tempo (OPTEMPO) of the Vietnam War, the Army reorganized aviation maintenance into a semi-decentralized design consisting of three levels of maintenance. From 1969 to 1985 this system was managed for the commanders under one maintenance officer. After Army Aviation became a branch in 1983, Army Aviation Organizations changed from the H Series TO&E to the L Series TO&E. This change further decentralized maintenance and removed the Aviation Maintenance Officer from full responsibility for aircraft maintenance. For the aviation maintenance portion of the force to meet transformation goals, the author advocates a maintenance strategy of centralized multifunctional maintenance organizations focused on effective and efficient operations. (6 figures, 55 refs.).


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