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aircraft in an effort to eliminate maintenance delays and to increase
efficiency.
Same 80 per cent of the requirements for field maintenance had also
been declared to the task group by the end of October, the final allocation
for these services being made in December 1957.
The maintenance plen was
outlined by the operation plan in February 1958, based upon the concept
used successfully in Operation REDWING,
The plan provided for an organt-
gational maintenance capability within each element having assigned aire
oraft, utilising assigned personnel and equipment.
The operation plan also provided far the establishment by Test Have
Unit of a field maintenance capability utilising assigned parsonnel, base
shops, and consolidated equipment.
The field maintenance activity was to
be augmented with personnel from all the participating elements.
As in REDWING, the planning also included the establishment of a Maine |
tenance Control Unit to exercise management control of the over-all maintenance effort and to expedite the delivery of supplies and equiment.
An inter-commmication system was planned to link the various mintenance
and supply fumctions with Maintenance Control.
Among these fimctions were
each element Maintenance Office, Base Supply, Base Shops, Awciliary Equip-
ment Skop and the POL farm. A radio net was planned between Maintenance
Control and radio-equipped vehicles, the vehicles to be used for expediting
the flow of supplies and follow-up on maintenance assistance,
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