To the 74 airmen of the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Misawa AB, Hawaii, who deployed for Cope India 2006 to maintain USAF F-16s the pace has been “unreal” and the heat challenging, says SrA. Troy Herberholzt. Initially they had to improvise when some of their equipment was slow to arrive. Still, they managed to turn all 52 missions of the first three days with no maintenance cancellations. How do the Indian mechanics stack up? Well, for one thing, officers perform the bulk of maintenance on Indian Air Force fighters.
A massive contract to manage thousands of PCS moves failed because U.S. Transportation Command did not adequately oversee the results, according to the Government Accountability Office.
