United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-18 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151 P0b002ee1803933da f:ns95151 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151 NSIAD-95-151 Military systems analysis Testing Bomber aircraft Combat readiness Aircraft maintenance Defense capabilities Military cost control Spare parts Defense contingency planning Air Force Conventional Mission Upgrade Program Air Force B-1B Mission-Essential Subsystem List Air Force B-1B Operational Readiness Assessment B-1B Mobility Readiness Spares Package B-1B Aircraft Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a legislative requirement GAO reviewed the Air Force Operational Readiness Assessment (ORA) test, which was created to determine the: (1) effectiveness of the B-1B bomber wing; and (2) additional amounts of spares, maintenance manpower, and logistics support necessary to achieve the aircraft's planned level of effectiveness.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the data collected during ORA, and reflected in the Air Force report, was credible; (2) ORA was designed to verify the need to improve the various B-1B bomber components and not to provide projections of actual costs of those improvements; (3) the $11.9 million estimate of additional costs,to sustain the B-1B fleet, was optimistic and the Air Force's most cost-effective way to improve the B-1B mission capability rate; and (4) the estimate represented only costs associated with management actions and maintainability improvements: and did not include the initial costs incurred from initiatives in progress or future expenditures for spare parts and repairs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-151 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-151; B-1B Bomber: Evaluation of Air Force Report on B-1B Operational Readiness Assessment; Military systems analysis Testing Bomber aircraft Combat readiness Aircraft maintenance Defense capabilities Military cost control Spare parts Defense contingency planning Air Force Conventional Mission Upgrade Program Air Force B-1B Mission-Essential Subsystem List Air Force B-1B Operational Readiness Assessment B-1B Mobility Readiness Spares Package B-1B Aircraft Public Law 103-160