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 1997-04-21 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96 P0b002ee18039d3e6 f:ns97096 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96 NSIAD-97-96 Air Force bases Military airlift operations Foreign governments International relations Base closures Base realignments Defense contingency planning Military downsizing Military cost control International agreements Madrid (Spain) Desert Shield Desert Storm DOD En Route Basing System Spain Italy Letter Report NSIAD GAO reviewed: (1) the future use of Torrejon Air Base in Spain for airlift operations; (2) the cost savings that would be realized if the Air Mobility Command's presence at that base was ended; and (3) alternatives the Air Mobility Command is considering to the current use of Torrejon Air Base.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the future use of Torrejon Air Base by the Air Mobility Command is questionable; (2) Department of Defense, State Department, and U.S. Embassy officials acknowledge that the government of Spain does not want the Command to use Torrejon Air Base to support future airlift missions; (3) the Spanish government suggested that the Command relocate its personnel stationed at Torrejon to another base in Spain; (4) although the Command did not relocate its civilian and military personnel, in July 1996 the U.S. Transportation Command terminated a planned fuel system upgrade at the base for which it had already spent $800,000 and reprogrammed the remaining $2.5 million for other needs; (5) discontinuing operations at Torrejon and eliminating both civilian and military positions would result in an annual savings of $515,000; (6) the Air Mobility Command could also save about $200,000 annually in operations and maintenance costs by discontinuing its operations at Torrejon and eliminating its civilian positions; (7) these savings would continue to accrue, at a minimum, until an alternative location is selected to fill the capacity viewed as lost by discontinuing operations at Torrejon; (8) the Command could save an additional $315,000 in military personnel costs if it eliminated the military positions from the force structure; (9) the Command has short-term alternatives to the use of Torrejon; (10) these alternatives include relying on the four key European bases (Mildenhall Air Base, England, Moron Air Base, Spain, and Rhein Main and Ramstein Air Bases, Germany) to the maximum extent possible and using other locations, as necessary; (11) additionally, the Command, in conjunction with officials from the U.S. Transportation Command and U.S. Air Forces, Europe, is considering three long-term alternatives to make the en route system capable of carrying out its peacetime and wartime missions and replace the capability provided by Torrejon; (12) these alternatives include adding limited capability to Rota Naval Air Station and reopening and enhancing Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, significantly enhancing Rota Naval Air Station, Spain, and adding limited capability to Fairford Air Base, England, and reopening and enhancing Zaragoza and adding limited capability to Fairford; (13) however, the Spanish government, which has final approval over all activities at the bases in Spain, delayed the a* https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-96 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-96; Military Airlift: Savings Achievable by Eliminating Support Operations at Torrejon Air Base, Spain; Air Force bases Military airlift operations Foreign governments International relations Base closures Base realignments Defense contingency planning Military downsizing Military cost control International agreements Madrid (Spain) Desert Shield Desert Storm DOD En Route Basing System Spain Italy