Maintenance procedures for the F-4 aircraft in support of the AF Maintenance Posture Improvement Program were examined. The F-4 has been receiving maintenance on two independent schedules, one being a major calendar-based overhaul at a depot, the other being less drastic maintenance phased into six evenly spaced inspections and cyclically performed at the air base every 450 flying hours. It was found that: (1) certain minor inspections were unnecessary or unnecessarily frequent; (2) it was possible, with safety, to extend the base to 600 hours; and (3) many individual base inspections could be performed more efficiently during the dismantling at the depot. With all three steps implemented, it is estimated that, for the entire F-4 force, 1,537,500 maintenance man-hours (over 70 percent) per year would be saved. Furthermore, the number of aircraft tied up in the inspection docks on any given day would be reduced nearly 70 percent -- from 129 to 41.
Scheduled Maintenance Policies for the F-4 Aircraft: Results of the Maintenance Posture Improvement Program
1976
75 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Tactical Air Command , Jet fighters , Maintenance , Cost effectiveness , Logistics planning , Inspection , Aviation safety , Scheduling , Manpower , Savings , Policies , Air Force planning , Logistics management , F-4 aircraft , Holloman Air Force Base
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