text: (Letter Report, 04/21/98, GAO/NSIAD-98-108). Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Air Force's C-130 program, focusing on: (1) the mission of the current and planned C-130 fleet; (2) the C-130 requirements for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve; (3) the C-130 procurement history in the Guard and Reserve units; (4) the Air Force's plans for retiring excess C-130s in the Mastering Station Plan (MSP); (5) whether the Air Force's process for retiring C-130 aircraft when replacement aircraft become available is effective; (6) what the Air Force C-130J requirement is and what other alternatives were considered; and (7) the C-130J logistics support funding shortfall. GAO noted that: (1) the current C-130 fleet is comprised of 12 different variants and the missions vary with each variant; (2) while most of the current fleet is comprised of combat delivery aircraft, many of the C-130 variants perform specialized missions; (3) at the time of GAO's review, peacetime and wartime requirements for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve combat delivery aircraft totalled 264 aircraft; (4) requirements for the Guard and Reserves' C-130 combat delivery aircraft are established in the Air Force's C-130 MSP, which was delivered to Congress in 1997; (5) for the past 21 years with the exception of five aircraft, Congress has directed the procurement of C-130s for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units; (6) according to C-130 program officials, the Air Force has not requested these aircraft because aircraft in those units have many years of service life remaining; (7) about 50 C-130 aircraft were identified in the Air Force MSP as excess over requirements; (8) thirty of these were in the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve units and the remaining were in the active duty force; (9) reductions in the Air National Guard were expected to be 24 aircraft and the Air Force Reserve Command units were to be reduced by 6 aircraft; (10) according to Air Force officials, these reductions were not made; (11) although the Air Force has a process for governing the retirement of its aircraft, it has not been able to implement the process effectively; (12) as a result, some C-130 aircraft have been retired with substantial service life remaining and shortly after the aircraft had been modified; (13) as of March 1998, the Air Force had not decided how many C-130Js will be required; (14) the Air Force has been requesting one or two C-130Js per year since 1996 for the active force; (15) the remaining J acquisitions were congressionally-directed buys for the Guard and Reserve; (16) regarding alternatives to the J, GAO was told that alternatives have been evaluated and rejected in the past; and (17) Air Force C-130 officials stated that funding shortfalls for the C-130 fleet have historically been a problem, primarily because Congress has added C-130 aircraft to their budget without providing the needed funding for logistics support. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: NSIAD-98-108 TITLE: Intratheater Airlift: Information on the Air Force's C-130 Aircraft DATE: 04/21/98 SUBJECT: Air Force procurement Tactical air forces Military aircraft Military airlift operations Military inventories National Guard Armed forces reserves IDENTIFIER: C-130 Aircraft EC-130 Aircraft EC-130J Aircraft C-130J Aircraft Hercules Aircraft ****************************************************************** ** This file contains an ASCII representation of the text of a ** ** GAO report. 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For further details, please ** ** send an e-mail message to: ** ** ** ** <[email protected]> ** ** ** ** with the message 'info' in the body. ** ****************************************************************** Cover ================================================================ COVER Report to the Honorable John McCain, U.S. Senate April 1998 INTRATHEATER AIRLIFT - INFORMATION ON THE AIR FORCE'S C-130 AIRCRAFT GAO/NSIAD-98-108 Intratheater Airlift (707196) Abbreviations =============================================================== ABBREV ABCCC - Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center ACC - Air Combat Command AMC - Air Mobility Command DOD - Department of Defense DOT&E - Director of Operational Test and Evaluation FAA - Federal Aviation Administration ICS - Interim Contractor Support JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff LFT - Live Fire Test MSP - Master Stationing Plan NSF - National Science Foundation Letter =============================================================== LETTER B-274598 April 21, 1998 The Honorable John McCain United States Senate Dear Senator McCain: This report responds to your August 1997 request for information on the Air Force's C-130 program. Specifically, you asked us to answer the following questions. -- What is the mission of the current and planned C-130 fleet? -- What are the C-130 requirements for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve? -- What is the C-130 procurement history in the Guard and Reserve units? -- What are the Air Force plans for retiring excess C-130s in the Master Stationing Plan (MSP)? -- Is the Air Force's process for retiring C-130 aircraft when replacement aircraft become available effective? -- What is the Air Force C-130J requirement and what other alternatives were considered? -- What is the C-130J logistics support funding shortfall? BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :1 The C-130 Hercules aircraft is a medium-range, tactical airlift aircraft designed primarily for transporting personnel and cargo. The aircraft was originally flown in 1954 and has been under continuous production ever since. The Air Force currently has approximately 700 C-130s of various configurations in its current C-130E and H fleet. The average age of the active duty C-130 fleet is over 25 years old, while the average age of the Guard and Reserve C-130s is about 15 years old. These aircraft are under the management and control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC)\1 and are operated by the active Air Force, the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve. The Air Force has just begun buying a new J model C-130. Lockheed Martin Corporation is developing the J aircraft as a commercial venture and expects it to (1) lower the cost of ownership of the fleet and (2) climb higher and faster, fly at higher cruise speeds, and take off and land in a shorter distance than the existing fleet. The J will have the same structural characteristics as previous C-130 models; however, it differs in that it includes, among other things, an advanced integrated digital avionics system, a new engine and composite propellers, a heads-up display, and a redesigned flight station to facilitate operation by a three-man versus a five-man crew. The J can also be bought in a stretched version.\2 The aircraft is currently undergoing developmental tests and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification process is expected to end in June 1998. See appendix I for an illustration of the C-130J aircraft, along with the contractor's comparison of the capabilities for the C-130E, H, and J. At the time of our review, 23 Air Force C-130Js were on contract, with delivery of the first aircraft initially scheduled for December 1997. The schedule has slipped, however, and delivery of the first aircraft is now scheduled for October 1998. The schedule has been delayed due to technical problems and the pending FAA certification.\3 The following sections provide the answers to each of your specific questions. Our scope and methodology for obtaining this information are discussed in appendix II. -------------------- \1 The C-130 fleet was under the control of the Air Combat Command (ACC) from October 1993 until April 1997 when it was reassigned to AMC. \2 The stretched version, the C-130J-30, provides additional room in the aircraft so that more pallets or equipment can be carried. \3 The C-130J aircraft is a military version of a commercial variant of the C-130J, which is called the 382J. The 382J must be FAA certified, and that certification must be completed before the military C-130Js can be delivered to the Air Force. WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE CURRENT AND PLANNED FLEET? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :2 The current C-130 fleet is comprised of 12 different variants and the missions vary with each variant. While most of the current fleet is comprised of combat delivery aircraft, many of the C-130 variants perform specialized missions. The combat delivery C-130 fleet, designated as C-130Es and C-130Hs, is used in a wide variety of wartime and peacetime missions. In wartime, the C-130 combat delivery aircraft primarily performs the intratheater portion of the airlift mission, leaving the long-range intertheater transport mission to larger aircraft such as the C-5 and C-17. These C-130s primarily provide rapid transportation of personnel or cargo for delivery by parachute to a designated drop zone, or by landing at austere locations within the conflict area. These aircraft are also the primary aeromedical evacuation aircraft in a conflict. In peacetime, the combat delivery C-130 is used for training flights, regularly scheduled channel operations,\4 and special assignment missions.\5 It is also used in fire fighting and humanitarian relief missions. For example, it has been used to airlift heavy equipment into remote areas of other countries to build airports and roads, and transport local goods. In addition to the missions performed by the basic combat delivery C-130 aircraft, 11 other variants perform specialized missions. These missions include (1) weather reconnaissance, performed by the WC-130 aircraft; (2) special communication missions, performed by the EC-130 aircraft; and (3) search and rescue, performed by the HC-130 aircraft. The 12 different C-130 models that are currently in the fleet and their respective missions are summarized in table 1. Table 1 Summary of Air Force C-130 Aircraft Missions for Models Currently in the Fleet (Totals as of January 12, 1998) Tota l Model no. Primary missions ---------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------- AC-130H/U"Spectre"/ 21 Close air support, air "Spectre" Gunship interdiction, and armed reconnaissance C-130E "Hercules"\a 236 Intratheater airlift and airdrop; can operate from rough dirt strips and is used for delivering troops and equipment by parachute into hostile areas C-130H "Hercules"\a 286 Intratheater airlift and airdrop; can operate from rough dirt strips and is used for delivering troops and equipment by parachute into hostile areas EC-130E "ABCCC" 7 Airborne battlefield command and control center EC-130E "Commando Solo" 6 Psychological warfare-- airborne radio and TV broadcast EC-130E "Senior Hunter" 2 Airlift for the Air Force Intelligence Command, called the Senior Scout mission EC-130H "Compass Call" 15 Jamming/electronic warfare HC-130 30 Search and rescue LC-130H 7 Ski-equipped for Antarctic and Arctic support of scientific activities MC-130E/H "Combat Talon I/II" 38 Global day, night, adverse weather special operations airdrop MC-130P "Combat Shadow" 28 Air refueling for special operation forces' helicopters in hostile territory and airdrop of special operations teams NC-130 (A, E, H) 4 Test aircraft WC-130H 10 Weather reconnaissance ====================================================================== Total 690 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \a The C-130E and C-130H models are both combat delivery aircraft and are only separated in this table to identify amounts associated with each model design. Source: Developed by GAO using data from Air Force and C-130 System Program Office. Appendix III provides further details on these C-130 models. The Air Force plans to buy the C-130J as a one-for-one replacement of C-130Es and C-130Hs as they reach their service life. Air Force officials told us that the basic missions of the C-130 fleet will not change when the new C-130J aircraft enter the fleet. However, it appears that these missions will be expanded. Specifically, Air Force officials told us that, as part of the Air Force's planned C-130J procurement, it is planning to buy the new stretched C-130J-30. We were further told that because this aircraft will provide more room/airplane capacity, it could be used to augment intertheater missions, like strategic brigade airdrops.\6 Final decisions regarding the procurement of the C-130J-30 and the aircraft's use, however, will not be made until fall 1998. -------------------- \4 Channel operations are regularly scheduled airlift service supporting multiple user organizations. \5 Special assignment missions are exclusive airlift service to a single user to meet special requirements, such as a unit mobility exercise. \6 Strategic brigade airdrop is the long-range delivery of an entire Army brigade and its equipment. WHAT ARE THE C-130 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE RESERVE? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :3 At the time of our review, peacetime and wartime requirements for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve combat delivery aircraft inventory totaled 264 aircraft. Requirements for the Guard and Reserves' C-130 combat delivery aircraft are established in the Air Force's C-130 MSP, which was delivered to Congress in 1997. The source of the requirements for these unit's special mission C-130s varied depending on the model. For example, we found that: -- The requirements for the weather reconnaissance WC-130 were set at 10 aircraft by Congress. -- The requirements for the ski-equipped LC-130, according to officials from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air National Guard, are set at 10 aircraft. These aircraft are used to conduct operations in support of military taskings and in support (deliver supplies, people, fuel, and scientific equipment) of the NSF's polar research missions. -- The requirements for the psychological warfare EC-130, the search and rescue HC-130, and adverse weather special operations MC-130 emanated from theater commander in chiefs. According to Air Force officials, the specific required number of these aircraft is classified. Total combat delivery and special mission C-130 inventory for the Air Force Guard and Reserve\7 was 352 aircraft as of January 1998. Appendix IV shows the inventory and locations for these aircraft. As of March 1998, Air Force officials stated that decisions regarding their plans for the future C-130 inventory had not been made. -------------------- \7 Inventory for the remaining portions of this report covers C-130s authorized for performance of the units' mission and does not include the additional aircraft used for training and as backup for aircraft undergoing maintenance. WHAT IS THE C-130 PROCUREMENT HISTORY IN THE GUARD AND RESERVE UNITS? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :4 For the past 21 years, with the exception of five aircraft,\8 Congress has directed the procurement of C-130s for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units. According to C-130 program officials, the Air Force has not requested these aircraft because aircraft in those units have many years of service life remaining. Figure 1 shows the annual procurement of the 256 aircraft that Congress directed for the Guard and Reserve since 1978. Figure 1: Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve C-130H and C-130J Procurements From 1978 Through 1998 (See figure in printed edition.) Source: Developed by GAO using Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve data. -------------------- \8 These five aircraft were originally requested by the Air Force for active Air Force units but were subsequently scheduled to go to the Reserves at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. WHAT ARE AIR FORCE PLANS FOR RETIRING EXCESS C-130S IN THE MSP? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :5 Both the Joint Chiefs of Staff's (JCS) June 1996 Intratheater Lift Analysis\9 and the Air Force C-130 MSP\10 reviewed the service's combat delivery aircraft inventory and determined that there were more C-130s in inventory than required for military operations in Korea and Southwest Asia--the two major regional contingencies the Department of Defense (DOD) uses for force structure planning purposes.\11 About 50 C-130 aircraft were identified in the Air Force MSP as excess over requirements. Thirty of these were in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units and the remaining were in the active duty force. We were told that reductions in the active duty force structure was achieved by reclassifying some of the combat coded aircraft and designating others as ground trainers. Reductions in the Air National Guard were expected to be 24 aircraft (from 190 to 166 aircraft) and the Air Force Reserve Command units were to be reduced by 6 aircraft (from 104 to 98 aircraft). According to Air Force officials, these reductions were not made. In accordance with restrictions in the Conference Reports on the 1998 Department of Defense Appropriations Act and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, these reductions were not taken. Specifically, the reports recommended that the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve C-130 aircraft remain at current levels--levels before the MSP. At the time of our review, Air Force officials told us that the Air Force was in the process of designing a plan for retiring excess C-130s. -------------------- \9 Congress directed DOD in fiscal year 1991 to assess, among other things, its intratheater lift requirements and develop an integrated plan to meet them. This report, according to Joint Staff officials, addressed this directive. \10 In September 1994, Congress requested this plan and asked that it include the active duty and reserve components C-130 units and be based on the National Military Strategy and current contingency plans of the JCS. \11 To determine additional C-130 requirements for worldwide contingencies unrelated to these scenarios, the Joint Staff surveyed the theater commanders. Even with their additional requirement, the C-130 combat delivery fleet still exceeded the number needed for intratheater lift. IS THE AIR FORCE PROCESS FOR RETIRING C-130 AIRCRAFT WHEN REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT BECOME AVAILABLE EFFECTIVE? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :6 Although the Air Force has a process governing the retirement of its aircraft, it has not been able to implement the process effectively. As a result, some C-130 aircraft have been retired with substantial service life remaining and/or shortly after the aircraft had been modified. The Air Force, however, appears to be making changes to improve this process. Air Force Instruction 16-402\12 governs the process for retiring aircraft. The process begins with a document called the Force Structure Plan Outlook. This document tells the commands how many aircraft are excess to requirements in a given year, usually as a result of budget constraints or a change in requirements for the fleet. Once a decision has been made to excess a certain number of aircraft, the commands are to review: (1) The aircraft's remaining service life. (2) The recent maintenance history on the aircraft. Program depot maintenance and other inspection records are reviewed, at this point, to assess whether the aircraft had a lot of corrosion problems, maintenance troubles, and/or a known history of performance problems. When a decision to excess a specific aircraft is finalized, Air Force headquarters is to determine whether other users--that is, active duty, guard and reserves, and ultimately other agencies--could use the aircraft. If other users were not identified, the aircraft should be retired. The Air Force has retired C-130s with service life remaining on the aircraft. Program officials told us that such retirements have generally been driven by congressional direction to buy more C-130s than the Air Force requested in its annual budget requests. Program officials told us that, accordingly, it was difficult to control the retirement of C-130 aircraft. They stated that, since retirement from the fleet had been based on congressionally directed acquisitions replacing existing C-130 aircraft, they were not retiring aircraft because the service life had expired. Of the 49 C-130s retired between June 1991 and May 1997, 36 were C-130Bs with old technology and 13 were newer C-130Es. Of the 13 C-130Es, all had an average of 14 years of service life still remaining. In addition, annual congressional appropriation language states that, with the exception of safety modifications, no modifications may be done if the service plans to retire an aircraft in less than 5 years after modifications. We noted that of the 49 C-130 aircraft the Air Force has retired since 1991, 40 had modifications\13 within 5 years of retirement, totaling about $9 million. Program officials told us that it is difficult to control modifications of C-130 aircraft because the Air Force does not generally know 5 years in advance when a C-130 aircraft will leave the fleet. The Air Force appears to be taking steps to improve its C-130 modifications and retirement process. Specifically, in October 1997, the Vice Chief of Staff, in a message to the lead Air Force commands for C-130 aircraft, stated that additional C-130J congressional adds should be expected for fiscal year 1998 and beyond and that the commands should plan and program accordingly. Air Force officials have stated that they will incorporate this direction in the development of their C-130 retirement plan. In that regard, an AMC Tiger Team looking at the C-130 fleet has recommended to the Air Force Chief of Staff that 150 C-130Es with the worst service life problems be replaced with C-130J-30s. We were told, however, that final decisions were not expected on the retirement of the old C-130s and procurement of the Js until late fall 1998. Until these decisions are made and the plan released, it is too early to determine how well this directive will be implemented. -------------------- \12 Aerospace Vehicle Assignment, Distribution, Accounting, and Termination, dated April 26, 1994. \13 Safety modifications are not included in this amount. WHAT IS THE AIR FORCE C-130J REQUIREMENT AND WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES WERE REVIEWED? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :7 As of March 1998, the Air Force had not decided how many C-130Js will be required. According to C-130 program officials, although the Air Force has a documented requirement for the C-130J as the need arises, a large-scale C-130J program is not needed at this time because the service life of the first C-130E will not expire until 2002. Accordingly, the Air Force has only been requesting one or two C-130Js per year since 1996 for the active force.\14 As previously shown in figure 1, the remaining J acquisitions were congressionally directed buys for the Guard and Reserve. The Air Force began procuring the J in accordance with directions from the Air Force Chief of Staff to use fiscal year 1994 Guard and Reserve procurement funds to buy two C-130Js. Originally, the two J models were going to the active duty Air Force, which provided the Air National Guard two C-130Hs as a swap. These two J models will now be going to the Air Force Reserves at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, following the flight test program. The justification for the new C-130J buys, according to requirements, acquisition, and budget documents, is to reduce the cost of ownership of the C-130E and H fleet, with anticipated cost savings associated with the new technology and the reduced crew and maintenance needs of the J aircraft. A review of the C-130J program office's life-cycle cost estimate was completed in June 1996 by the Air Force Cost Analysis Improvement Group. The report stated that operations and support savings are forecast from a program of 135 C-130Js bought over the 1996 to 2014 time frame with the new technology and the reduced crew and maintenance needs of the J aircraft.\15 Air Force officials, however, acknowledge that savings associated with this commercial buy will not be substantiated until several years after delivery/transfer of ownership is taken by the Air Force, which, as previously stated, is now expected in October 1998 for the first J aircraft. Additionally, during our review, some Air Force officials expressed concern that the normal requirements process was not followed in the recent J buys. They stated that requirement documents for the EC-130Js and WC-130Js were written after the Air Force had made a commitment to buy the aircraft. For example, Congress appropriated funds for two unrequested EC-130Js--one in fiscal year 1997 and one in fiscal year 1998. An October 7, 1997, memorandum from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition noted, however, that a validated operational requirements document had not yet been generated. Additionally, these officials noted that there have been concerns that the EC-130J buy may not address all of the problems in the current EC-130 fleet--primarily, the lack of adequate space on the aircraft. There are 12 crew stations aboard the EC-130 aircraft and we were told that there is barely enough room for the broadcasting equipment needed for each station. The Air Force has looked at the wide body Boeing 757 as a replacement for the current EC-130 fleet, but has since decided to use the J. Regarding alternatives to the J, we were told that alternatives have been evaluated and rejected in the past. Specifically, in December 1996, an unsolicited proposal was submitted to modernize the C-130 fleet. Appendix V summarizes the Air Force's reasons for rejecting this proposal. In addition to rejecting prior alternatives to the J for cost and technical reasons, Air Force officials told us that the alternatives were premature since the first C-130E is not scheduled to retire until 2002. Air Force officials also told us that the Air Force is currently considering alternatives presented by an AMC tiger team. Among other things, the goals of the AMC effort included developing an integrated plan to improve reliability and maintainability of the fleet, produce greater commonality in the fleet, and provide an overall acquisition strategy for the C-130 weapon system. After review of specific problems in the C-130 fleet, which included the inability of the fleet to meet Global Air Traffic Management requirements and structural/corrosion problems of the aging fleet, the tiger team recommended that the Air Force (1) modify 360 of the "best structural" C-130s with a block modification process that would essentially put a new front end, including a new engine and cockpit, on the older C-130 aircraft\16 and (2) replace aircraft with the worst service life/structural/corrosion problems--about 150 in this category--with new C-130J-30s. Final decisions on both matters, however, are not expected until the fall of 1998. -------------------- \14 According to current Air Force basing plans, however, all C-130Js on contract are now scheduled to go to Guard and Reserve bases. \15 This amount includes the 1994 H/J swap C-130Js also. The cost estimate includes the cost to maintain the 135 Js from fiscal year 1997 through fiscal year 2041. \16 According to Air Force officials, this modified block process, which will result in a configuration referred to as a C-130X, entails a number of extensive modifications done at one time. This will bring the fleet up to date technologically and provide commonality within the fleet. WHAT IS THE C-130J LOGISTICS SUPPORT FUNDING SHORTFALL? ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :8 Air Force C-130 officials stated that funding shortfalls for the C-130 fleet have historically been a problem, primarily because Congress has added C-130 aircraft to their budget without providing the needed funding for logistics support. This support includes spare parts, training, and maintenance that is normally provided with a weapon system. These officials further stated that the Air Force was able to deal with the shortfalls in the past because a large logistics support infrastructure was in place for the C-130E and C-130H models, which helped them to absorb the shortfalls. However, they noted that because the C-130J is so different from those prior models, the majority of the support in the current infrastructure cannot be used for the J aircraft. Additionally, these officials noted that the Air Force, with its constrained budgets and various weapon system priorities, has not budgeted for these funding shortfalls. According to these officials, without the needed support funding, it is possible that some C-130J aircraft may have to be cannibalized to support others in the fleet or the unsupported C-130Js may have to be parked on the ramp at some locations. The latest Air Force funding shortfall document reported a cumulative logistics support shortfall through fiscal year 2003 of $302.11 million for the 23 C-130J aircraft on contract through 1998, the 1 requested in 1999, and the 2 that are expected to be bought in 2002 and 2003. Table 2 presents the annual and cumulative logistic support funding shortfalls associated with the C-130J program as of January 7, 1998.\17 Table 2 Air Force C-130J Shortfall (Dollars in millions) Budget year 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- Aircraft quantity 2 5 9 7 1 0 0 2 2 Annual shortfall 0 0 $- $- $-5 $-70 $-65 $-55 $-27 11 69 Cumulative shortfall 0 0 $- $- $- $- $- $- $- 11 80 85 155 220 275 302 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: C-130J Program Office (as of Jan. 7, 1998). C-130J program officials told us that the lack of commonality of the J with the existing fleet is causing the Air Force to fund the following. -- Interim Contractor Support (ICS). This includes not only the typical ICS costs such as on-site contractor personnel, technical data, and repair of reparables, but also a commercial supply support system. This support system is needed because, unlike the previous C-130 models, the Air Force does not yet have a database to determine the mean time between failure rates of the C-130J spares. As a result, the correct amount of spares to maintain the fleet's mission capable rate is not known. Hence, provisioning for the C-130J will be contracted out with this contractor support supply system. -- C-130J training systems (simulators) and the associated costs of training flight and maintenance crews. Current plans are to buy five flight simulators for pilot training, a maintenance trainer, and a loadmaster trainer. -- C-130J peculiar support equipment. This is the support equipment peculiar to the J and includes new or modified support equipment like testers, and special tools needed to test, remove, replace, or handle the C-130J unique items on the aircraft. Air Force officials stated that the J's funding problems are further exacerbated because the aircraft are being assigned to several different bases rather than a single base. Specifically, the 23 Air Force C-130Js on contract are assigned as follows: 9 WC-130Js and 4 combat delivery Js will be located at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; 2 EC-130Js will be located at the Air National Guard unit in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and 8 combat delivery C-130Js will be located at the Air National Guard unit in Baltimore, Maryland. These different base assignments result in redundant logistical support such as maintenance and training costs at each base. Additionally, there has been much discussion between the Air Force and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) regarding the scope of Live Fire Test (LFT) for the C-130J program. An agreement was reached in March 1998, between the two and will be reflected in the C-130J Test and Evaluation Master Plan and appropriate live fire test plans. While there is currently a funding shortfall associated with the LFT program, the Air Force has agreed to fund about $5.5 million for the following tests: (1) the wing dry bay, (2) the composite propeller, (3) engine fire suppression (combat and non-combat), (4) the vulnerability analysis, and (5) the engine blade containment. DOT&E will fund the hydrodynamic ram testing and the mission abort assessment, which will be about $2.2 million. Air Force and contractor officials have been working to remedy the C-130J shortfall with such efforts as commercial supply support system, also called shared logistics. Shared logistics places high-cost, low-use support equipment at a centralized location, rather than at each base, while high usage and special mission spares are placed at each of the bases where the C-130J will be located. Air Force officials said that, according to data provided by Lockheed Martin, costs for spares would total about $20 million per base for a new aircraft like the C-130J if each C-130J base was provided a full complement of spare parts. Under the shared logistics concept, only $4 million would be required for each C-130J base compared with the previously stated $20 million. Savings from this concept have already been incorporated into the Air Force's budget plan. Although no location has been selected for the centralized site, several have been suggested, including options for putting the centralized location where most of the planes will be based or at a location with access to overnight delivery services to facilitate just-in-time deliveries. In addition to the shared logistics savings, Congress has provided about $24 million in the fiscal year 1998 budget to help fund C-130J support shortfalls. -------------------- \17 The amounts associated with the funding shortfall varied a number of times, during our review, because items to be purchased and/or the funding assumed to be available changed. Air Force officials said estimates for the funding shortfall will continue to vary as long as uncertainties, such as annual congressionally directed acquisitions and related decisions on basing, exist. AGENCY COMMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :9 DOD concurred with our report. DOD provided technical suggestions for clarification and we have incorporated these suggestions in the text of the report, where appropriate. The DOD comments are reprinted in appendix VI. We are sending copies of this report to appropriate congressional committees and the Secretaries of Defense and the Air Force. We will also provide copies to other interested parties upon request. Please contact me at (202) 512-4841, if you or your staff have any questions concerning this report. Major contributors to this report are listed in appendix VII. Sincerely yours, Louis J. Rodrigues Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues C-130J HERCULES CARGO AIRCRAFT =========================================================== Appendix I The C-130J Hercules is the next generation medium-range tactical cargo and personnel aircraft that will be introduced into the existing C-130 fleet of Es and Hs. It is intended to replace aging C-130E/Hs as they approach the end of their service life. Even though the C-130 fleet has been known as the "workhorse" for the active duty Air Force, the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve, the Navy and other governments use the airplanes as well. Development of the C-130J consists of the state-of-the-art technology, according to Lockheed Martin--the contractor for the "J"--and will reduce manpower requirements, operating costs, and life-cycle costs. Although the C-130J essentially has the same structural characteristics as previous models, there are some significant differences. These include the advanced two-pilot flight station with fully integrated digital avionics system with color multi-functional liquid crystal displays and head-up displays; navigation systems with dual embedded Global Positioning Systems, mission planning system, low-power color radar, digital map display, and new digital autopilot; simplified fuel system with provisions for adding a receiver aerial refueling probe or tanker aerial refueling pods; an extensive built-in test integrated diagnostics with an advisory, caution, and warning system; and higher power turboprop engines with more efficient, six-bladed all composite propellers. According to Lockheed Martin, the above enhancements will enable the airplane to climb higher and faster, fly farther at a higher cruise speed, and take off and land in a shorter distance than the existing C-130 fleet. Table I.1 presents the contractor's comparison of the J and J-30 capabilities with those of previous models and figure I.1 shows a C-130J-30 model. Table I.1 Contractor Comparison of C-130E/H/J/J- 30 Performance Capabilities and Capacity Characteristics Some capabilities and/or C-130J- capacities C-130E C-130H C-130J 30 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- -------- Maximum payload (pounds) 39,000 39,000 41,700 39,300 Maximum payload range 1,860 1,745 2,450 2,450 (nautical miles) Maximum effort take off roll 3,300 3,000 1,950 1,950 (feet) Cruise speed (knots) 280 300 340 340 Paratroops capacity 64 64 64 92 Troop seats 92 92 92 128 Cargo floor length (feet) 40 40 40 55 Litters 74 74 74 97 Airdrop 463L pallets 5 5 5 7 Container delivery system 16 16 16 24 bundles Runway length/width/taxiway 3,000/ 3,000/ 3,000/ 3,000/ (feet) 60/45 60/45 60/45 60/45 All weather aerial delivery Partial Partial Yes Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation. Figure I.1 is a picture of the C-130J-30 aircraft. Figure I.1: C-130J-30 (See figure in printed edition.) Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation. (See figure in printed edition.) SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY ========================================================== Appendix II To accomplish our objectives, we interviewed a number of officials within the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; the Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; the Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; the Air Education and Training Center, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Air National Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Air National Guard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; the Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; the Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; Air Force Reserve Components in Baltimore and Minneapolis; Lockheed Martin, Arlington, Virginia; Air Force Audit Agency; the National Science Foundation, Virginia; and the Defense Contract Management Command, Marietta, Georgia. To ascertain the mission of the current and planned C-130 fleet, we reviewed the Air Combat Command's C-130 Total Force Plan Briefing, C-130 Combat Delivery Mission Area Plan, and Combat Air Forces Concept of Operations for Theater Airlift; the Air Mobility Command's 1998 Air Mobility Master Plan; Operational Requirements Documents for the various C-130 model designs; the Joint Chiefs of Staffs Intratheater Lift Analysis; the Air Force C-130 Master Stationing Plan; prior and current C-130 Selected Acquisition Reports; and Air Force headquarters' written responses in this area. To obtain the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve C-130 requirement--including current and planned inventory and the C-130 procurement history for these units, we obtained such information from the headquarters Air National Guard, Washington, D.C.; the Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; and the Air Logistics Center, Warner-Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia. To ascertain the Air Force plans for retiring C-130s identified as excess aircraft in the C-130 Master Stationing Plan, we reviewed the Final C-130 Master Stationing Plan, and Public Law 103-335, section 8125, which requires the plan. In addition, we obtained written responses from Air Force headquarters, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserves headquarters, and the Air Mobility Command on this matter. To determine the effectiveness of the Air Force's system for retiring old aircraft when new C-130s enter the fleet, we reviewed listings of modifications in the C-130 System Program Offices' Time Compliance Technical Orders that were done to C-130B and E models retired since 1978, and applicable laws and regulations regarding modifying and retiring aircraft. We also obtained views from C-130 program officials on how retirement of the fleet was done in the past and how they expect it will be done in the future. To determine the Air Force requirement/justification for the C-130J aircraft and whether or not alternatives to buying the new J model were considered, we reviewed the C-130J Operational Requirement Document; the Single Acquisition Management Plan and other applicable program documentation; Senate Report 104-267, which required the Secretary of Defense to report by March 1997 on the benefits of remanufacturing the C-130 fleet and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology's April 29, 1997, letter to congressional defense committees on this subject; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's assessment of an unsolicited proposal to remanufacture the C-130 fleet; and data provided by Air Force headquarters regarding the requirement for the program. We also toured the C-130J-30 on display at Ronald Reagan National Airport. To ascertain the Air Force logistic support funding needs for the C-130J aircraft, we reviewed the October 1995 and November 1996 C-130J contracts and applicable documentation for subsequent options that were exercised, and the quarterly C-130J Defense Acquisition Executive Summary Report for the C-130J program. We also obtained views, perspectives, and supporting documentation from officials at Air Force headquarters, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and the C-130J System Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base regarding the reasons for the funding shortfalls and initiatives/efforts to reduce the shortfalls. We conducted this review from January 1997 to March 1998 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. DETAILED MISSION DESCRIPTIONS FOR C-130 MODELS ========================================================= Appendix III C-130 model: C-130E and H Hercules (Combat delivery models) Commands: Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve, Air Education and Training, Air National Guard, and Air Force Special Operations Command Mission: The C-130 Hercules combat delivery models perform the intratheater portion of the airlift mission. Their primary mission is to provide rapid transportation of personnel or cargo for delivery by parachute to hostile areas, or by landing at rough, dirt strips within those areas. The C-130 E/H models can also be used as tactical transports and can be readily converted for aeromedical evacuation or aerial delivery missions. The C-130 is the primary tactical aeromedical evacuation aircraft. During peacetime, it joins on mercy flights throughout the world, bringing food, clothing, shelter, doctors, nurses, and medical supplies as well as moving victims to safety. Special equipment/features: The C-130H is generally similar to the E model but has updated turboprops, a redesigned outer wing, updated avionics, and other minor improvements. In its airlift configuration, the C-130E/H can carry up to 92 combat troops with equipment, 64 paratroopers, 74 litter patients, or 6 standard 463-L pallets. It can transport various configurations of rolling stock, including some oversize vehicles. C-130 model: AC-130H Spectre Command: Air Force Special Operations Command Mission: The AC-130H is a gunship with primary missions of close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance. Additional missions include perimeter and point defense, escort, landing, drop and extraction zone support, forward air control, limited command and control, and combat search and rescue. Special equipment/features: These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation, and fire control systems to provide firepower or area saturation during extended periods, at night, and in adverse weather. The sensor suite consists of a low light level television sensor and an infrared sensor. Radar and electronic sensors also give the gunship a method of positively identifying friendly ground forces as well as effective ordnance delivery during adverse weather conditions. Navigational devices include an inertial navigation system and global positioning system. C-130 model: AC-130U Spectre Gunship Command: Air Force Special Operations Command Mission: The AC-130U's primary missions are nighttime close air support for special operations and conventional ground forces; air interdiction; armed reconnaissance; air base, perimeter, and point defense; land, water, and heliborne troop escort; drop, landing, and extraction zone support; forward air control; limited airborne command and control; and combat search and rescue support. Special equipment/features: The AC-130U has one 25-millimeter Gatling gun, one 40-millimeter cannon, and one 105-millimeter cannon for armament and is the newest addition to the Air Force Special Operations Command's fleet. This heavily armed aircraft incorporates side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation, and fire control systems to provide firepower or area saturation at night and in adverse weather. The sensor suite consists of an all light level television system and an infrared detection set. A multi-mode strike radar provides extreme long-range target detection and identification. The fire control system offers a dual target attack capability, whereby two targets up to 1 kilometer apart can be simultaneously engaged by two different sensors, using two different guns. Navigational devices include the inertial navigation system and global positioning system. The aircraft is pressurized, enabling it to fly at higher altitudes and allowing for greater range than the AC-130H. Defensive systems include a countermeasures dispensing system that releases chaff and flares to counter radar infrared guided anti-aircraft missiles. Also infrared heat shields mounted underneath the engines disperse and hide engine heat sources from infrared guided anti-aircraft missiles. C-130 model: EC-130E "Command Solo" Command: Air National Guard Mission: EC-130E Commando Solo, the Air Force's only airborne radio and television broadcast mission, is assigned to the 193rd Special Operations Wing, the only Air National Guard unit assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command. Commando Solo conducts psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts. The EC-130E flies during either day or night scenarios and is air refuelable. Commando Solo provides an airborne broadcast platform for virtually any contingency, including state or national disasters or other emergencies. Secondary missions include command and control communications countermeasures and limited intelligence gathering. Special equipment/features: Highly specialized modifications include enhanced navigation systems, self-protection equipment, and the capability to broadcast color television on a multitude of worldwide standards. C-130 model: EC-130E Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center (ABCCC) Command: Air Combat Command Mission: The EC-130E is a modified C-130 "Hercules" aircraft designed to carry the ABCCC capsules. While functioning as an extension of ground-based command and control authorities, the primary mission is providing flexibility in the overall control of tactical air resources. In addition to maintaining control of air operations, ABCCC can provide communications to higher headquarters, including national command authorities, in both peace and wartime environments. Special equipment/features These one of a kind aircraft include the addition of external antennae to accommodate the vast number of radios in the capsule, heat exchanger pods for additional air conditioning, an aerial refueling system, and special mounted rails for uploading and downloading the capsule. The ABCCC system is a high-tech automated airborne command and control facility featuring computer generated color displays, digitally controlled communications, and rapid data retrieval. The platform's 23 fully securable radios, secure teletype, and 15 automatic fully computerized consoles, allow the battlestaff to analyze current combat situations and direct offensive air support. C-130 model: EC-130H "Compass Call" Commands: Air Combat Command and Air Force Materiel Command Mission: Compass Call is the designation for a modified version of the C-130 "Hercules" aircraft configured to perform tactical command, control, and communications countermeasures. Specifically, the aircraft uses noise jamming to prevent communication or the transfer of information essential to command and control of weapon systems and other resources. It primarily supports tactical air operations but also can provide jamming support to ground force operations. Special equipment/features Modifications to the aircraft include an electronic countermeasures system (Rivet Fire), air refueling capability, and associated navigation and communications systems. Rivet Fire demonstrated its effect on enemy command and control networks in Panama and Iraq. C-130 model: HC-130 Commands: Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard Mission: The HC-130H/N's mission is search and rescue. The HC-130P does aerial refueling of combat search and rescue helicopters and deployment of para-rescuemen. The HC-130P deploys worldwide to provide combat search and rescue coverage for U.S. and allied forces. Combat search and rescue missions include flying low-level, preferably at night aided with night vision goggles, to an area where aerial refueling of a rescue helicopter is performed or para-rescuemen are deployed. The secondary mission of the HC-130P is peacetime search and rescue. HC-130P aircraft and crews are trained and equipped for search and rescue in all types of terrain, including arctic, mountain, and maritime. Peacetime search and rescue missions may include searching for downed or missing aircraft, sinking or missing water vessels, or missing persons. The HC-130P can deploy para-rescuemen to a survivor, escort helicopters to a survivor, or airdrop survival equipment. Special equipment/features: H/N aircraft are equipped with an advanced avionics package. Improvements are being made to the HC-130P to provide improved navigation, enhanced communications, better threat detection, and more effective countermeasures systems. When fully modified, the HC-130P will have a self-contained navigation system, including an inertial system and global positioning system. It will also have a missile warning system, radar warning receiver, and associated chaff and flare dispenser systems. C-130 model: LC-130H Command: Air National Guard Mission: The primary mission of this model is Arctic support. Two specific missions are support of (1) the National Science Foundation in Antarctica and (2) assorted national and international scientific activities in Greenland. (The Navy also operates seven LC-130 aircraft in Antarctica. These aircraft move large amounts of cargo, personnel, and fuel throughout the continent.) Special equipment/features: LC-130s are specially equipped with landing gear wheel/ski modification for operation in Arctic regions. C-130 model: MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130H Combat Talon II Commands: Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Force Reserve, and Air Education and Training Command Mission: The mission of the Combat Talon I/II is to provide global, day, night, and adverse weather capability to airdrop and airland personnel and equipment in support of U.S. and allied special operations forces. The MC-130E also has a deep penetrating helicopter refueling role during special operations missions. Special equipment/features: These aircraft are equipped with in-flight refueling equipment, terrain-following, terrain-avoidance radar, an inertial and global positioning satellite navigation system, and a high-speed aerial delivery system. The special navigation and aerial delivery systems are used to locate small drop zones and deliver people or equipment with greater accuracy and at higher speeds than possible with a standard C-130. The aircraft is able to penetrate hostile airspace at low altitudes and crews are specially trained in night and adverse weather operations. Nine of the MC-130Es are equipped with surface-to-air Fulton air recovery system, a safe, rapid method of recovering personnel or equipment from either land or water. It involves use of a large, helium-filled balloon used to raise a 450-foot nylon lift line. The MC-130E flies toward the lift line and snags it with scissors-like arms located on the aircraft nose. The person or equipment is lifted off, experiencing less shock than that caused by a parachute opening. Aircrew members then use a hydraulic winch to pull the person or equipment aboard through the open rear cargo door. The MC-130H features highly automated controls and displays to reduce crew size and workload. C-130 model: MC-130P Combat Shadow Commands: Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Education and Training Command, and Air Force Reserve Mission: The MC-130P Combat Shadow flies clandestine or low visibility, low-level missions into politically sensitive or hostile territory to provide air refueling for special operations helicopters. The MC-130P primarily flies its single- or multi-ship missions at night to reduce detection and intercept by airborne threats. Secondary mission capabilities include airdrop of small special operations teams, small bundles, and rubber raiding craft; night-vision goggle takeoffs and landings; tactical airborne radar approaches; and in-flight refueling as a receiver. Special equipment/features: When modifications are complete in fiscal year 1999, all MC-130P aircraft will feature improved navigation, communications, threat detection, and countermeasures systems. When fully modified, the Combat Shadow will have a fully integrated inertial navigation and global positioning system, and night-vision goggle-compatible interior and exterior lighting. It will also have a forward-looking infrared radar, missile and radar warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, and night-vision goggle-compatible heads-up display. In addition, it will have satellite and data burst communications, as well as in-flight refueling capability as a receiver. The Combat Shadow can fly in the day against a reduced threat; however, crews normally fly night, low-level, air refueling and formation operations using night-vision goggles. C-130 model: NC-130A, E, H Command: Air Force Materiel Command Mission: Test aircraft. C-130 model: WC-130H Command: Air Force Reserve Mission: The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used for weather reconnaissance missions. It is a modified version of the C-130 configured with computerized weather instrumentation for penetration of severe storms to obtain data on storm movements, dimensions, and intensity. The WC-130 is flown exclusively from Keesler Air Force Base by Air Force Reserve organizations known as the Hurricane Hunters. The hurricane reconnaissance area includes the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and central Pacific Ocean areas. The WC-130 is capable of staying aloft nearly 18 hours during missions. It is equipped with two external 1,400 gallon fuel tanks, an internal 1,800 gallon fuel tank, and uprated engines. An average weather reconnaissance mission might last 11 hours and cover almost 3,500 miles while the crew collects and reports weather data. Special equipment/features: Weather equipment aboard the aircraft provides a high-density, high accuracy horizontal atmospheric sensing capability. Sensors installed on the aircraft measure outside temperature, humidity, absolute altitude of the aircraft, pressure altitude, wind speed, and direction once per second. This information, along with an evaluation of other meteorological conditions, turbulence, icing, radar returns and visibility, is encoded by the on-board meteorologist and transmitted by satellite to the National Hurricane Center. Special equipment measures the atmosphere vertically by using an expendable instrument, which is dropped from the aircraft. The 16-inch long cylinder is dropped every 400 miles while on a weather track and in the center or eye of a hurricane. A vertical atmospheric profile of pressure, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, and direction is received from the instrument as it descends to the ocean surface, slowed and stabilized by a small parachute. From this information, the system operator analyzes and encodes data for satellite transmission to the National Hurricane Center. AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE RESERVE C-130 INVENTORY ========================================================== Appendix IV Table IV.1 Air National Guard C-130 Aircraft (inventory as of January 12, 1998) Invent Model Location ory ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------ C-130E Baltimore, Md. 8 C-130E Quonset, R.I. 8 C-130E Channel Island ANG Sta, Calif. 12 C-130E Reno, Nev. 8 C-130E Boise, Idaho 4 C-130E Peoria, Ill. 8 C-130E Little Rock, Ark. 8 C-130E Selfridge, Mich. 8 ====================================================================== Total C-130E 64 C-130H Schenectady, N.Y. 4 C-130H Nashville, Tenn. 12 C-130H Charleston, W.Va. 8 C-130H Louisville, Ky. 12 C-130H Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. 8 C-130H Dallas, Tex. 8 C-130H Oklahoma City, Okla. 8 C-130H St. Joseph, Mo. 8 C-130H Charlotte, N.C. 12 C-130H Cheyenne, Wyo. 8 C-130H Savannah, Ga. 8 C-130H Wilmington, Del. 8 C-130H Martinsburg, W.Va. 12 C-130H Kulis, Alaska 8 C-130H Mansfield Lahm Airport, Ohio 8 C-130H Hickam, Hawaii 4 C-130H McEntire, S.C. 1 C-130H New Orleans, La. 1 ====================================================================== Total C-130H 138 ====================================================================== Total ANG C-130 Es and Hs 202 EC-130E Harrisburg, Pa. 5 HC-130H Kulis, Alaska 2 HC-130N/P Suffolk, N.Y. 4 HC-130P Moffet NAS, Calif. 4 LC-130H Schenectady, N.Y. 7 ====================================================================== Total ANG Special Mission C- 22 130s ====================================================================== Grand total ANG C-130 Aircraft 224 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Developed by GAO using Air National Guard data. Table IV.2 Air Force Reserve C-130 Aircraft (As of January 12, 1998) Invent Model Location ory ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------ C-130E Portland IAP, Oreg. 0 C-130E Patrick AFB, Fla. 0 C-130E Eglin AFB, Fla. 0 C-130E Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. 8 C-130E Keesler AFB, Miss. 8 C-130E Willow Grove, Pa. 10 ====================================================================== Total C-130E 26 C-130H Gen. Mitchell IAP, Wis. 10 C-130H Youngstown, Ohio 16 C-130H Pittsburgh, Pa. 8 C-130H Dobbins, Ga. 8 C-130H Niagara Falls, N.Y. 8 C-130H Peterson AFB, Colo. 14 C-130H Maxwell AFB, Ala. 8 ====================================================================== Total C-130H 72 ====================================================================== Total AFR C-130Es and Hs 98 HC-130N/P Patrick AFB, Fla. 5 HC-130P Portland IAP, Oreg. 3 MC-130E Eglin AFB, Fla. 8 MC-130P Eglin AFB, Fla. 4 WC-130H Keesler AFB, Miss. 10 ====================================================================== Total AFR Special Mission C- 30 130s ====================================================================== Grand total AFR C-130 Aircraft 128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Developed by GAO using Air Force Reserve data. SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE REASONS FOR REJECTING THE UNSOLICITED C-130 MODERNIZATION PROPOSAL =========================================================== Appendix V On December 16, 1996, an unsolicited proposal was submitted to the Air Force to modernize the C-130 fleet. The proposal anticipated a 21-month schedule to fabricate prototypes at a firm fixed-price of $50 million, with projected potential fleet-wide savings of $6 billion. The C-130 Program Office review of the unsolicited proposal concluded that, although the proposal was technically feasible, it was impractical due to cost, schedule, and technical risks. The actual evaluation is labeled FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, precluding a detailed explanation of those risks in this report. However, generic examples of the risks included: -- aggressive concurrency in program schedule; -- reliance on reverse engineering in lieu of original manufacturer equipment data because of proprietary rights of original manufacturer; -- use of unproven technology; -- inadequate support equipment, manuals, training, and spares for the prototype, and for the test and evaluation effort; -- inadequate software development and integration for an undefined avionics suite, including lack of crew-member workload analysis; -- an additional $15 million for the test and evaluation effort would be required over the firm fixed-price proposal of $50 million; and -- insufficient substantiation of the $6-billion claimed savings. In recommending nonapproval of the unsolicited proposal, the C-130 Program Office also cited the lack of program requirement, funding, and direction for the proposed C-130 program as additional reasons for rejection. Finally, the Program Office concluded that the proposal was not unique and innovative as prescribed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation for unsolicited proposals. Hence, even if the proposal was acceptable, it would not qualify for an exception to full and open competition. (See figure in printed edition.)Appendix VI COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE =========================================================== Appendix V MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT ========================================================= Appendix VII NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Steven Kuhta Thomas Denomme Marion A. Gatling Delores Cohen Michele Mackin OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL William T. Woods John Carter KANSAS CITY FIELD OFFICE Greg Symons CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE Daniel Hauser *** End of document. ***


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OAKLAND -- There are few places where the death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a neighborhood watch leader who once aspired to be a police officer resonated as it did in Oakland.
In the city where Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART officer four years ago and the police department is under federal supervision in part over a failure to stop racial profiling, the 17-year-old Martin felt like kin to many African-American Oaklanders.
One day after George Zimmerman was acquitted of charges in Martin's killing, residents' anguish poured out from pulpits, pews and city streets.
"In America, it doesn't matter if you're just walking home," Pastor Zachary Carey told parishioners at True Vine Ministries in West Oakland on Sunday. "To them, we're all criminals. If you're black, you're a criminal."
For many in the pews, the verdict confirmed two unpleasant but deeply-held beliefs: that just because the country elected an African-American president doesn't mean it fully values their lives, and that those most vulnerable in a society rife with fear of young African-American men, are the young men who must deal with people clutching their bags or questioning them as they approach.
"You can see some of the other races, how they look at you with that suspicious eye," said 37-year-old Lamar Brantley of Oakland. "A person that's fearful is liable to do anything. It does make me fearful at times."
Ronda Johnson said that someone like Zimmerman might be a bigger threat to her two sons than gang violence, because while she can steer them away from gangs, "Zimmerman was always prepared to look for someone like Trayvon," she said.
Late Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people, many carrying signs reading, "I am my brother's keeper," and "We are all Trayvon Martin," gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza for a march. Some two dozen police officers monitored the crowd.
Larry Everest, a writer for Revolution Magazine, said, "this verdict doesn't show the system as legitimate. It shows it's illegitimate. We need a whole new system," he said as the crowd clapped.
At True Vine Ministries earlier in the day, Carey directed members to turn outrage over the verdict into action, and denounced the "senseless" vandalism perpetrated in Martin's name throughout downtown Oakland on Saturday night.
"We should be marching on every state capital in America," he thundered. "We should march on Washington and tell them that this is no longer acceptable in America and we're not going to take it anymore."
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, said he shot Martin in self-defense after Martin assaulted him and slammed his head against the sidewalk. At the heart of the case was why Zimmerman chose to follow Martin, who was walking home from a grocery store unarmed and wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
In Oakland, the case shows the need to train police and the city's growing neighborhood watch movement on de-escalating conflicts, civil rights Attorney John Burris said.
"The travesty in this whole case is that a young man minding his own business was deemed suspicious and wound up dead," he said.
Like many people interviewed, Olis Simmons, who runs the nonprofit Youth UpRising in East Oakland, noted that African-American NFL star Michael Vick went to prison for harming dogs, but Zimmerman will not be punished for killing an African-American teenager.
"The verdict was devastating because it says that the people who our nation needs to help it turn the corner can be killed at will because they fit the profile that the media has determined is threatening," she said.
Simmons said she is still struggling with what to say Monday to the teenagers in her program.
"I have to tell them the same thing I told them during the Oscar Grant stuff," she said. "That violence isn't justice. And that civic engagement leads to justice."
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Archaia Expands IMMORTALS, Revives JIM HENSON'S STORYTELLER
On Thursday, we published an interview with Ben McCool and Nate Cosby on the upcoming Image Comics series they're co-writing, Pigs, scheduled to debut in September.But former Marvel editor Cosby has two more projects set to launch that month — Jim Henson's Storyteller and Immortals: Gods and Heroes, both hardcover graphic novel anthologies from Archaia. The former is based on the 1988 TV series and continues Archaia's relationship with Jim Henson (they publish a Fraggle Rock comic and are adapting unproduced screenplay A Tale of Sand), and the latter expands on the world of the upcoming Immortals film, starring new Superman Henry Cavill. Newsarama talked with Cosby Sunday afternoon at WonderCon in San Francisco — appropriately enough, at the Archaia booth — and found out more about both projects, plus got a few comments from Immortals contributor McCool.
Nate Cosby: Every single screenplay was written by Anthony Minghella, but there were two episodes that were never made. Full screenplays already completed. I'll be taking one of those and adapting it.
Nrama: And you've assembled a crazy lineup of talent for the Storyteller anthology.
Cosby: Crazy good, you mean!
It's been awesome. I pretty much got every single person that I wanted. Paul Tobin, Jeff Parker, Chris Eliopoulos, Roger Langridge, Katie Cook, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray.
Nrama: So it sounds like a lot of those creators are people you worked with during your time as an editor at Marvel.
Cosby: Yeah. It was great, still having those contacts, and so nice that everybody still wanted to work with me. I opened up Storyteller — "Do what you want. Take a classic story, reinterpret as you will. Tell me how many pages you want." And it's been great.
Nrama: So how do you take an anthology TV show and adapt is an anthology graphic novel while retaining the same "feel" as the original series — as opposed to just comic book stories that happen to be retelling classic fables?
Cosby: I think it was Storyteller and the dog. By using those as your protagonist and your antagonist, ping-ponging each other the entire time.
We're going all around the world with these. Marjorie Liu is doing a French fairy tale, we have Scandinavian, I think we just got an African, we're doing Japanese, Chinese. All sorts of different fables, fairy tales, folk tales, from all over the world, reinterpreted through the best creators in the world, in my opinion.
Nrama: You're a pretty big Jim Henson fan as it is, right?
Cosby: I am a huge, voracious, Jim Henson fan. My favorite comic of the past few years was Roger Langridge's Muppet Show.
Nrama: And you've also editing an Immortals anthology, also from Archaia.
Cosby: It's very cool. It's also coming out in September. Based on the upcoming movie by Tarsem Singh, starring Mr. Henry Cavill.
And I've been lucky enough to secure one Mr. Ben McCool.
Ben McCool: It's me and Ben Templesmith working together again. We're going to go absolutely batsh*t crazy with it, of course. It's going to be just as mental as Choker, in a very different sense.It's going to be down and dirty and raw, using Ben's overzealous, flamboyant, crazy style of art. There will be some very twisted development of a particular character. It's going to be pretty damn awesome.
Cosby: I've been double-dipping on Storyteller and Immortals. Ron Marz is writing a story for both of them, Jeff Parker is writing a story for both of them. Completely opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of tone and age demographics. I want nasty, disgusting stories. "Just go as far as you possibly can, and I'll pull you back." These are not going to be static, staid, mythic kind of things, with ream of Shakespearean captions, while people stand in skirts. Sh*t's getting f*cked up. That's all I'm going to say.
McCool: "I'm going to cut you, you motherf*cker." But in Greek mythology.
Cosby: It's actually a flipbook. 50 pages, on one side, is going to be about gods — how the gods came to be on Mount Olympus. You flip it over, and it's heroes. Just regular people, and how they deal with the relationship between the Titans and the Olympians. Beautiful covers by David Mack, too.
concept art.Jock's going to be writing and drawing his own thing. Chris Roberson, who is doing Superman, is going to do one. Francesco Francavilla's going to be doing one. It's a great lineup. I cannot wait to see the stuff that they do.
McCool: Everyone's going to bring something very different to the table, by the sound of things.
Nrama: So you're freelance editing these two books for Archaia — which seems to be somewhat of a rare position in the comic book industry.
Cosby: I do it all the time. [Laughs.] I guess it is. Marvel, DC, they've all got huge, great, editorial staff. Archaia's got a great editorial staff as well, starting with Stephen Christy, editor-in-chief. We were actually interns together at Marvel. We just kind of kept that relationship going, and when he found out that I was leaving Marvel, we were able to start talking. He knew I was so passionate about the Jim Henson stuff. I also worked on Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak's Incredible Hercules, so I have an affinity for Greek myth as well. Both of these just kind of happened, and became an organic kind of thing.
Nrama: So when you left Marvel this past October, how clear was your plan for what you wanted to work on next? Did you have a lot of specifical goals as to what you wanted to achieve?
Cosby: I had been there almost six years, and it was great. I'll never trade the experience I got from that, working for Mark Paniccia, and learning all sorts of stuff, and making all the relationships that I've now been able to interpret into doing other projects. I had done all the all-ages, I had done the illustrated, and I had done the custom for so long, I just kind of felt like it was time to stretch my legs a little, see what else I could do with the reputation I hope I've kind of cultivated over the years. And just be able to do some stuff that doesn't necessarily involve superheroes. Maybe do a little when I get around to it.
I had a few projects that I had begun developing at the time, but all the others just kind of rolled out, and came out of, "Well, let me do this." Still got a few that I haven't announced yet, but I'm trying to hold them back. Three per con is enough for me.


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Libya to Sweeten Terms for Foreign Oil Companies
From The Daily Star
Libya plans to improve the terms for foreign oil firms ahead of its next licensing round and could begin seeking bids in the third quarter of 2013, the OPECmember's new oil minister said. OPEC member Libya has reserves of over 40 billion barrels, but analysts have warned that some of the toughest terms in the business could act as a deterrent for companies, some of which have yet to return after the 2011 civil war.
Abdelbari al-Arusi, in charge of the ministry for just a month, said he has made it a top priority to consult with foreign oil firms on how to make the country more attractive.
"I've met different people from foreign companies, and they are complaining about EPSA IV [the last round of Exploration and Production Sharing Agreements], like Shell for instance. For EPSA V, there will be better conditions," Arusi said.
"I would say August or maybe July we will start looking for bids," he added, without providing further details of the planned changes.
In the last bidding round, after the government in 2004 opened up territory that had been off-limits for years, oil companies scrambled for deals and accepted some of the industry's tightest exploration and production terms.
In an interview with Reuters last week, Arusi said Libya could see another licensing round within the 15-month term of the interim government, adding "it depends on the situation here in Libya." Other senior oil officials previously said there would be no new deals for at least a year.
Africa's third-largest oil producer has boosted output faster than many analysts expected to around 1.5-1.6 million barrels per day after the civil war, and the focus is now shifting to expanding exploration of its vast desert acreage.
Royal Dutch Shell suspended drilling and abandoned exploration on two Libya blocks due to disappointing results, it said in May, while other firms are wary about resuming exploration because of concerns about safety.
Arusi, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of his first OPEC meeting in Vienna, said no decision has been made on carving up responsibilities between the new Oil Ministry and the National Oil Corporation, headed by Nuri Berruien.
The hydrocarbons sector, which accounts for around 90 percent of government revenue, was run by the NOC before the revolution, and its former head, Shokri Ghanem, represented Libya at OPEC.
In a sign that the Oil Ministry under Arusi could become more assertive, he said he would give final approval to 2013 crude oil contracts worth around $50 billion.
He added that the ministry would also assess feedback from Libya's clients that its light, sweet crude oil had been priced above the market in 2012.
"I've heard complaints. We're going to look at that," he said.
One of the other major challenges faced by Arusi will be how to respond to demands from Libya's oil-rich east to gain more control over the hydrocarbons sector.
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Across North Carolina's Triangle and Triad, Philip Boyne, Mollie Richardson Williams, and Jasmine Frantz are working to inspire the next generation of scholars and leaders. They are teaching more than physics, chemistry and math, respectively, as they bring the values learned as Park Scholars into the classroom.
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Anne Watson '12 Uncovers Buried Interfaces of Organic Thin-Film Transistors
posted 2012.06.06 Anne Watson '12 has been investigating how certain organic materials play a role in devices including solar cells and transistors. Funded by a Park Enrichment Grant this past spring, Watson has been able to examine a system of locally constructed thin-film transistors composed of all-polymer materials that are cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Using techniques developed by fellow members of the Ade Research Group in the Department of Physics, new information has been obtained that correlates transistor device performance
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Jasmine Flood '12 Receives Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship
posted 2012.02.03 Jasmine Flood '12 was among a select group of upcoming designers awarded the Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship at the Young Menswear Association Fashion Scholarship Fund awards dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York earlier this year. To compete for the $30,000 award, Flood spent months of preparation on a case study. "My case study involved designing fabrics and creating an innovative product and service that would stimulate growth for a specific retailer in the bedding industry currently
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Former Ambassador to South Africa James A. Joseph to Receive Friday Award
The Park Scholarships Class of 2012 has selected James A. Joseph as the recipient of the William C. Friday Award. Joseph will receive the honor on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 5:30pm on the North Carolina State University campus in the McKimmon Center. The evening will begin with a reception in his honor, followed by the award presentation and a lecture from Joseph. Joseph was chosen by President Clinton to serve as ambassador to South Africa and he remained in
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Park Scholars Design Service-Learning Experience in Belize
posted 2011.10.14 This past summer, William Coe '14, Tyler Confrey-Maloney '13, Vincent Feucht '11, Jeb Fox '14, Luke Perkins '14, and Garik Sadovy '12 traveled to Belize for a two week experiential learning trip focusing on education, the economy, and the environment. The team consisted of an eclectic group of individuals, among them a pre-med philosopher, an English major, and future engineers representing areas including biological and agricultural, chemical, civil, and materials science engineering. The students developed the Central American
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Park Scholars Gain Clinical Experience at Brody School of Medicine
posted 2011.09.19 This past summer, three Park Scholars held internships at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and immersed themselves in a unique clinical opportunity. Dr. Wiley Nifong, Andrew Miller, Mark Draelos, and Dr. Randolph Chitwood prepare for a surgical procedure. Mark Draelos '12 and Andrew Miller '13 worked in the East Carolina Heart Institute under Dr. Randolph Chitwood and Dr. Wiley Nifong. The students observed surgical procedures with Chitwood and learned about minimally invasive heart surgery techniques
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Rachel Turner '12 Engages in Colic Recovery Research with College of Veterinary Medicine Professor
posted 2011.09.08 With the support of a Park Enrichment Grant, Rachel Turner '12 attended the 10th Annual International Colic Research Symposium in Indianapolis where her research on colic recovery was presented by Dr. Matthew Gerard, a clinical associate professor of large animal surgery in the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Rachel Turner analyzes equine colic data with Dr. Matthew Gerard. For the past year, Gerard and Turner have collaborated to determine risk factors that lead to the failure of
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NC State Belltower to Shine Red for Garik Sadovy '12
posted 2011.05.05 On Friday, May 6, the NC State Belltower will be bathed in red to celebrate the recent accomplishments of Park Scholar and University Honors Program student Garik Sadovy '12. Sadovy was named a recipient of the David L. Boren Scholarship by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and the Morris K. Udall Scholarship by the Udall Foundation. Sadovy will use the awards to fund a year abroad in Indonesia. While in Indonesia, he will study language, culture, business, and ecology
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Garik Sadovy '12 Named Udall Scholar
posted 2011.04.04 The Udall Foundation is pleased to announce that 80 students from 61 colleges and universities have been selected as 2011 Udall Scholars. Among them is Garik Sadovy '12 from Wake Forest, North Carolina. Sadovy is working towards a major in materials science and engineering and a minor in environmental science. He is a Park Scholar and a member of the University Honors Program. Sadovy serves as president of Tau Beta Pi, a national professional engineering society. Garik
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Marycobb Randall '12 Receives Mathews Medal
posted 2011.03.30 While at NC State, Greenville, North Carolina native Marycobb Randall '12 has excelled in her studies in the Poole College of Management and has had a significant impact on campus during her time as an undergraduate. Randall has served as president of the University Student Centers Board of Directors, co-chair of the Undergraduate Student Success Task Force, vice president of Beta Alpha Psi, co-founder of the Wolf Wheels Bike Rental Program, and a member of the NC State Strategic Planning Steering Committee,
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text: Hello, I have lost 3 stone on the Cambridge diet, going from 14 stone 3lbs to 11 stone 3lbs. Ideally I'd like to lose another stone and a half taking me to a healthy BMI (just!) of 9 stone 10lbs. (A healthy BMI at my short height is 9 stone 11 to 7 stone 11.) However, I'm also hoping to career change and therefore saving money is pretty imperative just at the moment. So I am considering Slim and Save. My main reservations are: 1. I feel like I've come on my 'journey' with my counsellor (although I'm sure she'll understand!) 2. I tried exante, and failed miserably because I just couldn't get my head around not being weighed every week. I abused the flexibility! If (and it's a big if) I was to do slim and save I would need to be extremely disciplined. 3. I'm worried weight loss would be less effective. When I did exante I didn't lose very much: only a couple of pounds here and there. Weight loss is difficult for me - I tend to lose between 3-4lbs a week on Cambridge. I imagine that slim and save, being slightly higher in calories, would slow weight loss down for me especially as I (hopefully) get closer to my goal! but of course the pros are: 1. Money - saving £££ always a good thing! 2. The flavours they do look yummy. At the moment I am living off malt toffee bars, choc orange shakes and porridge on Cambridge as I'm not that keen on the others! 3. Perhaps taking responsibility for myself and weighing myself is good as I approach my goal? I am getting weighed later today. I definitely want to buy another weeks supply of Cambridge products but ideally would like to let my counsellor know what my plans after this are. Has anyone got any thoughts? X


text: "During the Summer Semester 2012 I worked as an intern at DuArt Film & Video, performing my training in the lab under the supervision of the chief engineer Maurice Schechter. In 13 weeks I had the possibility to complete many tasks by assisting several technicians, working on both individual and team projects, and dealing with analog and digital material on various AV formats. I worked on projects involving film restoration, video preservation and restoration, and I was in the team that worked in collaboration with MoMA for the Quay Brothers Retrospective On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets."


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On the first stop of his Asia trip, President Barack Obama visited the Wat Pho monastery, and asked a monk for prayers for he and other U.S. leaders to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff.
According to the White House pool report, Obama arrived at the "colorful and ornate Buddhist temple in the Phra Nakhon district" of Bangkok, Thailand, where he was given a tour by Head Monk Chaokun Suthee Thammanuwat.
"Yes we're working on this budget, we're going to need a lot of prayer for that," Obama quipped to him.
Obama and congressional leaders held what was thought to be a positive meeting at the White House on Friday as talks began in earnest to deal with trillions in spending and tax decisions due by the end of the year.
At a press conference later Sunday evening, Obama explained his joke to reporters.
"I'm confident that we can get our fiscal situation dealt with," he said. "I believe in prayer."
The full White House pool report:
Motorcade departed airport and made the trek along wide open highways into the center of Bangkok, then past the Government House which was decked out in bunting and a large sign reading "Welcome to the Honorable Barack Obama."
We arrived outside the Wat Pho monastery, a colorful and ornate Buddhist temple in the Phra Nakhon district. Pool was led to the open archway of a room with a golden Buddha and dark marble floors. This was the Eastern Viharn Phra. A faux tree towered behind the statue and the ceiling was painted red with gold medallions.
A few minutes later Head Monk Chaokun Suthee Thammanuwat, wearing a bright orange robe over one shoulder, led Potus, dressed in dark gray suit, and Sec of State Clinton, in royal blue pantsuit and gold necklace, into the room. Pool could not hear what they were saying as they circled the Buddha. The monk appeared to be explaining things for a few minutes before they left.
Pool was then taken to another large hallway dominated by a huge reclining gold Buddha, which streched the length of the building.This was the Viharn of the Reclining Buddha, and we were instructed to remove our shoes before entering. Again the monk led Potus and Clinton for a stroll past the giant figure, which dwarfed them all. Our third stop was in the courtyard where the trio strolled past a number of colorful spire-like columns. This was the Phra Maha Chedi Group.
The place was empty of tourists for the president's private tour. Pool overheard Clinton say: "What a peaceful place," and Potus responded: "If you have 80,000 people here it's not so peaceful. This is kind of a treat."
TV picked up Potus making a joke about the budget, saying to the monk "yes we're working on this budget, we're going to need a lot of prayer for that." And they laughed. Motorcade left about ten minutes later, headed for the hospital to visit the king.
- An earthquake that struck central Italy Wednesday has killed at least 37 people, officials say. 150 people are still missing.
- Turkish forces have launched an offensive to help Syrian rebels take the border town of Jarabulus from ISIS and keep it out of Kurdish hands.
- And Donald Trump has often claimed to be "the largest real estate developer in New York," but he isn't.


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SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The Guiding Stars nutrition navigation system has launched in the Windham Raymond School District in Maine. Guiding Stars has been implemented at Windham High School and will extend to the district's two middle schools sometime during the 2010-2011 school year, and to its three primary schools in 2011-2012. This system allows students to quickly identify and choose foods that offer the most nutrition for the calories. Guiding Stars rates prepared meals, snacks, ...
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I'm currently developing a multisite (using subdomains) for a client, and the files are on my hosting account. So the addresses right now are something like http://www.clientdomain.mydomain.com (for the main site) and then subdomain1.clientdomain.mydomain.com and subdomain2.clientdomain.mydomain.com for the subdomain sites within the network.
I have access to the hosting location where the new multisite will live. The client has a site currently posted at http://www.clientdomain.com, though, so their tech person purchased http://www.clientdomain2.com for us to use during development, pointing it to the client's hosting location (and then when we go live they'll just point the actual domain http://www.clientdomain.com there instead).
So my question(s): How do I work with this? I can set up the multisite network on http://www.clientdomain2.com, but what's the procedure I should follow when we're ready to go live, since there will be instances of http://www.clientdomain2.com throughout the site.
Do I just pretend I'm moving the site, and follow the second paragraph in these instructions (as if I were changing domains), but just skip the part where I move the files?
(And if so, is the part after the third paragraph ("Also manually review all the wp_x_options tables and look for 'three fields and edit as needed:") for me, too, or is that just for when you're moving from one folder to another?)
Thank you so much for any advice/guidance on this.


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This describes an issue in one of our applications concerning button
The main display has buttons that allow you to display, create, print,
etc. There is also a button that loads information into the main
display widget, and since this is a lengthy operation, a
Dialog_Full_Application_Modal working dialog is put up to display a
running total of the information being loaded, and provide a cancel
option. Before the working dialog is put up, the display, create, and
print button widgets are set not sensitive.
We've found though that if you click any one of them during the load
operation the event still gets queued and, when the load operation
completes or is cancelled, the button callback is activated. Since the
button is not sensitive, the event should be thrown away.
Any thoughts on what we are missing?


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What's Not in the Solaris 10 10/09 OS?
By BigAdmin team on Oct 14, 2009
The BigAdmin blog entry Features Removed from the Solaris 10 OS links to a list of obsolete features that are no longer supported in the new Solaris 10 10/09 update. See "Solaris EOF Announcements - Solaris 10 10/09 (U8)" on the Solaris Information Center.


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Sania Mirza with Naga Chaitanya
According to sources close to Puri Jagannath, who is flying high on Bujjigadu's success, Sania Mirza will do a five-minute cameo appearance opposite the young debutante. In fact, Nagarjuna had approached the tennis star personally for this role. He had previously approached Sania to act in his next film, but Sania had been focussing on her career and had turned him down.
Sania Mirza's cameo is more or less confirmed in Naga Chaitanya's debut film, though the lead heroine hasn't been confirmed yet!