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Show Page June HILL TOP TIMES 24 Aircraft System Management Division, Materiel Management, has learned a lot about the WEE 4 Phantom II. In 1963, Ogden AMA was assigned system management For fhe pasf fen years, responsible -- for responsibilities the Phantom. As the F-- 4 system was Ogden manager, responsible for the identification and acquisition of all materiel for implementation and follow-o-n support to the total weapon system. The aircraft, designed to be utilized by both the Air Force and the Navy, represents the first time a prime aircraft has been used by several com- - conditions, and operational requirements has necessitated mands. Ogden's responsibility include later models of the F-- 4 RF-4such as the RF-4and Since acquistion of the first F-4- F-4- E, D, a continuous E. the has become the largest, most modern fighter in aircraft and Support history. aircraft, sytem costs have acquisition them state-of-the-a- high-priorit- y Southeast Asia. Costs associated with these modifications have exceeded 410 million dollars. rt, combat changing being requirements relating to ex- ceeded $8.4 billion. The task of keeping it up to date with the latest of program to existing systems and the addition of many new ones. Approximately 570 major modifications have been implemented, the majority of modification C i and managed supported separately from other depot maintenance programs and have required the utmost in workload management skills and techniques. Many of these programs were several thousand miles away which made program continuity control and modification was obtained hour programs realized, and the operational missions of the using commands were not impaired. The logistics developed in the utilized and management of the ERF-- 4 Weapon System represents the utmost in sound money management, expertise, and technical and management Modification programs on the ERF-- 4 have had to be Incorporation edge slats on the ever purchased for 4 aircraft. The original proposed cost was $180 million. Use of innovative managerial actions using a preprocurement "should cost" study and a moved ahead satisfactorily, milestones were met, flying benefits and reducing the capability of the aircraft. detailed study of modification technical and manpower requirements material, reduced the cost to on modifications is the special review conducted on the the f j 1 A ;: ' . 4 ? .. Is.' - : , 1 II program to replace state-of-the-a- rt F-- 4 en- vironmental connectors was reduced from $70,846 million to $52,211,200, a savings of by such extraordinary managerial actions as predictive and statistical modeling and a $18,634,800 J I 111 I -- savings $110 of $70 r i f ( I A with weight negating the desired of million, million. a potted connectors on the survivability modification. The proposed modification would have increased aircraft Cancellation of leading is the F-4- E largest single modification F-- are recent Following of the effectivity of examples these logistic principles: One example of the special placed of savings $26,348,300. hazardous and modification kit schedules unpredictable and unreliable. Most of the modifications were developed under the concurrency concept which required retrofit to be accomplished concurrent with design and development. In spite of these handicaps, emphasis a in resulting skills. the moficication programs ; 19V3 raff During the past ten years, the 22, I M I -- r r I Ti a I i - CNVO Loyd Summers, Aircraft Systems Management Division, Materiel Management, and Capt. Howard Clark, Aircraft and Engine Division, Maintenance, check the Daily Automatic Rescheduling Technique (DART) listing on a Thunderbird F-- WORKFLOW 4. PAPERWORK - Janet Conley A. Brown. Mr. Brown is Famous takes dictation from William Aircraft Operations Branch chief. MAIL Pant WHEN THE HEAT MONSTER ATTACKS 1 -- 0 Spe Us B See 8 k efore You S HIT THE PANIC BUTTON! buy- -j Most popular BIKE!! Priced LOW! LOW! New shipment jj Reg. M39 just arrived i Horry they last - 5 $J80 while v I ttn -- - I Wnirlpool mid nilQTnff wwuiwin Hill nntiniTinurn UUIIUIIIUilCIl WITH SUPER COOL POWER QUICK COMFORT l! i i Mt(cl rn n mm mm kx ma - QUIET OPERATIOII mm a a n b 1591 North Main Layton 376-345- 6 or 825-228- 1 JACROSS FROM EON MA1CHI M, Wilson distributes incoming mail. MORTMTwolTiili |