Army Airlift

Need To Use Air Lines of Communications for Essential Items Gao ID: NSIAD-87-184 July 27, 1987

GAO reviewed the Army's Air Lines of Communication Program (ALOC) and the Army's reserve stocks of ALOC-eligible materiel to determine: (1) the peacetime cost of ALOC; (2) ALOC ability to function effectively in wartime; and (3) whether reserve stocks of ALOC-eligible items could adequately support overseas forces during a transition to war.

GAO found that ALOC: (1) has significantly reduced the delivery time for routine supply orders and the amount of materiel in the supply pipeline; (2) is airlifting nonessential materiel that the Army would not airlift in wartime; (3) is not cost-effective for peacetime use because of the high cost of air transportation; and (4) reserve stocks overseas may not be adequate to sustain wartime operations until resupply.

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