Thus,
the minufacture required 90 days to fabricate and deliver,
contrclled cannabilization was practiced in order to raintain acceptable
equipment readiness rates.
The spare parts support of special purpose
and aircraft ground support equipment could be improved by earlier
determination of spares to be pre-positioned and timely initiation of
supply actions.
A small number of units sustained minor damage in shipment, which
was corrected as the units were prepared for operation.
The instances
of injury to units due to mishandling or carelessness in the EPG were rare.
A vehicle and aircraft ground power equipment inspector was dispatched
from Sacramento Air Materiel Depot at the end of the test phase to determine serviceability ard disposition of excess equipment.
The result of
this inspection was the salvaging of approximtely forty (40) units of
special purpose vehicles and aircraft ground powered equipment.
The
balance of units were returned to SMAMA for repair ard return to stock.
A high percentage of this salvaged equipment was a direct result cf
corrosion.
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During the early part of the operation, daily, weekly and monthly
preventative maintenance schedules for the communications and AN/USQ-12
radar equipment within the ACC was devised,
Fortunately, with but one
exception, enough backup equipment was available so that outages were
held to anabsolute minimum.
The bulk of mintenance was accomplished
on an as required basis, we did, however schedule maintenance to the
extent that back-up equipment and operational commitments would permit.
The Field Maintenance Commnications Shops mintained the airborne
cormunications and radar equipment as well as the vehicle radio sets.
In the interest of expediency, malfunctioning units were removed from
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