03003nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10520730 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120112s2011 dcua sb 000 0 eng d 2011276582 030921520X 9780309215206 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)759116841 n-us--- UG1243 .N38 2011eb National Research Council (U.S.) Examination of the U.S. Air Force's aircraft sustainment needs in the future and its strategy to meet those needs [electronic resource] / National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011. xviii, 235 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) "Committee on Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and its Strategy to Meet Those Needs, Air Force Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences." Includes bibliographical references. The ability of the United States Air Force (USAF) to keep its aircraft operating at an acceptable operational tempo, in wartime and in peacetime, has been important to the Air Force since its inception. This is a much larger issue for the Air Force today, having effectively been at war for 20 years, with its aircraft becoming increasingly more expensive to operate and maintain and with military budgets certain to further decrease. The enormously complex Air Force weapon system sustainment enterprise is currently constrained on many sides by laws, policies, regulations and procedures, relationships, and organizational issues emanating from Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Air Force itself. Against the back-drop of these stark realities, the Air Force requested the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies, under the auspices of the Air Force Studies Board to conduct an in-depth assessment of current and future Air Force weapon system sustainment initiatives and recommended future courses of action for consideration by the Air Force. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. United States. Air Force. Airplanes, Military Maintenance and repair. Electronic books. local National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs. National Research Council (U.S.). Air Force Studies Board. National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10520730 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 237840 237840