Organizational Structure for Air National Guard Tactical Aircraft Maintenance

By Rudolph Ventresca

Book Id: WPLBN0002170356
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Reproduction Date: 10/15/2012

Title:	Organizational Structure for Air National Guard Tactical Aircraft Maintenance
Author:	Rudolph Ventresca
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Military
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Ventresca, B. R. (n.d.). Organizational Structure for Air National Guard Tactical Aircraft Maintenance. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
This study analyzes and assesses the changes in organization and structure of the active Air Force and ANG fighter maintenance units from the time the ANG became a separate reserve component in 1946 to the present-day organization, paralleling it with the active Air Force. It takes the reader from the ANG maintenance unit's beginning, through the changes that occurred over the years and the reason for the changes, to the present day organization. It then provides a glimpse at the future maintenance organization.

Table of Contents
1 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE: PAST AND PRESENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I Centralized Control, 1930-45 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Period of Uncertainty, 1945-55 . . . . . . . . . . 5 Return to Centralization, 1955-70 . . . . . . . . 7 Decentralized Control, 1970 to the Present . .8 Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Current Organization Structure Theory : A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Air Force and Major Command Policy Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AND THE COMBAT ORIENTED MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Centralized Organization . . . . . . . . . . .23 Strengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 The Decentralized Organization . . . . . . . . .26 Strengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Air National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Maintenance Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Ancillary Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Project Rivet Workforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 ANG Maintenance Organization and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Manpower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 The USAF Combat-Oriented Maintenance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Ancillary and Rivet Workforce Training . . . . .38 Organization and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .38 What's the Difference? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 3 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . .45 Monetary Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Acquisition Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Basic Skill Level Training Costs . . . . . . . . . 48 Total Acquisition and Training Costs . . . . . . 48 Pay and Allowance Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Overall Operating Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Nonmonetary Costs and Benefits . . . . . . . . 53 Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Sortie Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4 RESTRUCTURED AIR NATIONAL GUARD COMBAT ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Force Structure and Equipment . . . . . . . . . .60 Management and Leadership Initiatives . . .61 Alternative Maintenance Concepts . . . . . . . 66 Defense Management Review . . . . . . . . . . 68 Total Quality Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Reliability and Maintainability . . . . . . . . . .70 Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Principal Objections to the Adoption of COMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Manpower and Recruiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 On-Equipment versus Off-Equipment Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Mobilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 The Restructured Maintenance Organization : What Should It Look Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97