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Combining KC-135 Maintenance Air Force Specialties Will Require Significant Additional Time of Maintainers to Train, Thus Reducing Availability to Perform Maintenance

• The average reduction in availability varied from 7 to 14 percent after accounting for retention considerations.
• The reduction in maintainer availability is driven by longer tech-school times and additional qualification and upgrade training requirements.
• The additional investment in training is assumed to be necessary to maintain proficiency once maintainers are expected to perform a broader range of tasks following AFS consolidation.

Reduced Availability of Maintainers Following Consolidation Is Potentially Offset by the Improved Utilization and Effectiveness of Maintainers

• Analysis using the Logistics Composite Model suggests the utilization and effectiveness benefits of AFS consolidation are likely to be large, and more than offset the reductions in availability caused by additional training requirements.

In the Long-Run, Consolidating KC-135 Maintenance AFSs According to the Construct Analyzed Would Benefit AMC Through Greater Readiness, Reduced Manpower Requirements, or Both

• If current manpower authorization levels are maintained and fully staffed, KC-135 sortie generation capability would increase by 12 to 14 percent under the AFS consolidation construct analyzed.
• AMC could reduce its KC-135 maintenance manpower authorization levels by between 17 and 23 percent, without experiencing any loss in sortie generation capability.
• A reduction of manpower levels by less than 17 percent reaps some reduction in manpower costs while also improving sortie generation capability.