Increased Oversight and Interservice Use of Military Aviation Training Ranges Can Reduce Costs

The Air Force and Navy, including the Marine Corps, spent an estimated $39.3 million in fiscal year 1978 to operate and maintain aviation training ranges. These ranges, which are necessary for practicing maneuvers and weapons delivery, enable aircrews to maintain readiness to perform their combat missions. An evaluation was made of the effectiveness and economy of the services' operation and management of aviation and training ranges, and opportunities for improvements were identified.