Ineffective Program Planning and Uneconomical Utilization of Personnel Assigned to the Air Force Reserve Recovery Program

The General Accounting Office has made a review of the Air Force Reserve Recovery Program. This review was made pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53), and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67). We reviewed the development of program concepts and requirements, the establishment of Reserve recovery units, and the assignment of units to recovery airports. The review was made at Headquarters, United States Air Force; at Headquarters, Continental Air Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; and at 8 Air Force Reserve Recovery Groups and 31 Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadrons at widely spread locations throughout the United States. The groups and squadrons reviewed represented about 15 percent of the paid drill strength of the Air Force Reserve Recovery Program. We also made brief visits to the Headquarters of the Strategic Air Command, the Air Defense Command, the Tactical Air Command, and the Military Air Transport Service.