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       tbe ILM was deployed. The ILM is the heavy maintenance package to
       provide sustained support of aircraft operations. ILM consists of
       jet engine intermediate maintenance (JEIM), avionics intermediate
       maintenance and heavy fabrication shop maintenance. The aviation
      package maintenance concept is remove and replace with some
       intermediate repair for more advanced systems. The ILM package
      enables units to remove, repair, and replace. The ILM sustains tbe
      units for long periods of time. To lessen the large influx of
      people, significantly impacting an already heavily burdened bare
      base support structure and save airlift, the LCM staff planned a
       modified ILM package for the entire AOR. Instead of deploying all
       portions of the ILM to each base, LGM developed the plan and
      coordinated with USAFE to use existing facilities, such as engine
      sloops, as queen bee facilities to repair spare engines. These
       existing shops were much more efficient and capable than bare base
       locations. Over 200 personnel and additional equipment were
       sourced and shipped from CONUS units to augment these sloops. Queen
      bee locations were spread throughout USAFE and supported all TAF
       units except Dhahran, SA (F-15) and Shaikh Isa, Bahrain (F-4).
       These two locations had existing and compatible JEIM facilities.
       US personnel integrated into these shops and worked side-by-side
       with host nation technicians on engine tear down and build-up.
       These two units repaired all their engines. The queen bees
      repaired a total of 437 engines. Avionics ILM was deployed to all
      locations but in a tailored down package. When the F-16 AIS
      arrived at Al Dhafra on C+55, 51 days after the first F-16 arrived,
      there was a backlog of only 20 line replaceable units (LRU). Based

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