the minufacture required 90 days to fabricate ard deliver, Thus, contrclled carnabilization was practiced in order to ccintsin acceptable equipment readiness rates. The spare parts suppcrt of special purpcse and aircraft ground support equipment could be imrroved by earlier determination of spares to be pre-positioned and tirely initiation of supply actions. A small number of urits sustaired minor damage in shipment, which was corrected as the urits were prepared for operation. The irstances of injury to urits due to mishandling or carelessness in the SFC were rare. A vehicle and aircraft ground power equiprent inspector was dispatched from Sacramento Air Materiel Depot at the end cf the test ph'se to determine serviceability ard disposition of excess equipment. The result cf = this inspection wis the salvaging of aprreximtely forty (40) wits of special purpose vehicles ard aircraft ercurd powered eyuipmen re balance of units were returned to SMAMA for rereir ard return te stecr. A high per vage of this salvaged ecuirment wes a firect resvls ci corrcsion, oecticn E - Cormmurications During the early part of «he operaticnr, dsily, weekly ar¢e ~erthhy y preventative maintenance schedules for the corzuricatiors ard ar/Uscradar equipment within the ACC was devised. Fcrturately, with vt cre exception, erough backup equipment was avsilstle so thrt ovtares were held to an absolute minimum. The bul of meirterarce was acconrlished on an aS required basis, we did, however schedule meinterarce to the extent that back-up equipment and operational ccmmitrents would pervit. The Field Maintenance Communications Shops rairtained the airbcrre cormunications and radar equipment as well as the vehicle rawiio sets. In the interest of expediency, melfunctioring urits were removed fren CODjrnOz LANL pe - Co“pen 182 Jf 4