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Air Force Depot Maintenance: Information on the Cost-Effectiveness of B-1 and B-52 Support Options

NSIAD-97-210BR Published: Sep 12, 1997. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about programmed depot maintenance of five B-1B aircraft under contract with Boeing North American, Inc., and Boeing's proposal to reengine the B-52 fleet, focusing on: (1) comparing the cost of performing depot maintenance on five B-1B aircraft at Boeing's Palmdale, California, facility to the estimated cost of performing similar work at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center; and (2) analyzing the differences between Boeing's proposal (and associated projected savings) to reengine the B-52 fleet and the subsequent Air Force analysis and projected costs of implementing the proposal.

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