Defense Transportation: More Reliable Information Key to Managing Airlift Services More Efficiently

摘要

The U.S. Transportation Command provides global air, land, and sea transportation services for all defense components in order to maintain a mobilization capability in time of peace and to meet national security needs in time of war. Its air transportation services are provided through the Air Force Air Mobility Command. In fiscal year 1997, the Air Mobility Command accounted for about 63 percent ($2.5 billion) of the total reported operating costs ($4.0 billion) of the U.S. Transportation Command, with most of the remaining 37 percent ($1.5 billion) representing the operating costs of the Army Military Traffic Management Command and the Navy Military Sealift Command for land and sea transportation, respectively.