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       (2) Action Taken: Unit were instructed at about day 20 to upgrade
         retrograde reparables for air shipment.

         (3) Action Required: priority air return of SPM identified
         critical items is essential for support daring prolonged conflicts. We need
         to formally incorporate this in supply regulations.

         g. Prepositioning of Aircraft Structural Repair Kits and T.O
         00-25-107, Depot assistance Request Procedures

        - (1) Background: The necessity to preposition aircraft structural
        repair kits (example: F-15 Vertical Stab) early on in the AIR is evident.
        This should be accomplished when a known problem exists/structural integrity
        is in question and established repair kits with tools are available to
        support the repair. T.O. 00-25-107 (Unprogrammed Depot Level Maintenance
        Request) contains explicit instructions without exception and provides that
        policy required to ensure peacetime requests are supported in a timely
        manner through use of established reporting procedures (Example: User
        identifies need for and initiates request to major command and responsible
        ALC. Major command certifies the request via message to the ALC. The ALC
        Engineering is tasked for aircraft disposition and repair plan
        specifications. Upon receipt of Engineering disposition, action is taken to
        ship tools aid material for deployment of Depot Field Team.)

        (2) Action Taken: T.O. 00-25-107 requirements should be adhered
        to, no workarounds attempted although they were discussed. The short
        duration of the conflict and lack of strenuous opposition precluded
        degradation of our operational capabilities, but, repair to existing damaged
        aircraft was slow because of the time involved in achieving coordination of
        the MAJCOM Vice and the in-theater Tactical Air Forces (TAP) Commander.

        ~3) Action Required: Case in Point - During Desert Storm, this ALC
        bad Engineering in the AOR with capability to provide necessary repair
        specifications to the CUSS on-site. With materials/tools propositioned,
        this would bare provided repair acceleration if requesting procedures for
        assistance could be waivered during wartime. Recommend T.O. 00-25-107 be
        changed and Paragraph (6j.) be added to encompass this ideology:
        Exception: When aircraft are on station in a hostile environment wick total
        maintenance capability (Paragraph 4.f), normal reporting procedures will be
        waived and the following implemented: T.0. 00-25-107 requests w111 be
        submitted to the Tactical Air Force's CC with info to MAJCOM And SM/IM ALC.

           b. (Contingency/Combat Inspections

       (I) Background: Existing inspection requirements were intermingled
       with other inspections; therefore, causing the concept and inspection
         requirements to be unsupportable.                                   
         (2) Action Taken: contingency/combat preliminary workcards were
       written (derived from peacetime inspection requirements), published (without
       illustration), and sent to HQ TAC/LGMF-15 for distribution. Units in the


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