U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Corrosion Prevention and Control Program

摘要

This report is the fourth in a series of reports that resulted from our DoD-wide Audit of Aircraft Paint Application and Removal Capabilities (Project No. 4LB-0027). Other reports discussed the repainting of the C-5 aircraft; construction of a plastic media blasting facility at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; and Air Force aircraft painting and corrosion control. All Marine Corps organizations responsible for aircraft maintenance are required to establish a comprehensive corrosion prevention and control program with trained personnel for the prevention, early detection, reporting, and repair of corrosion damage. Such a program requires a dedicated effort by all maintenance personnel to prevent corrosion before it starts. Those efforts will improve the operational readiness of aircraft and minimize costly repairs. The primary audit objective for this phase of the DoD-wide audit was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Marine Corps Aircraft Corrosion Prevention and Control Program at the organizational level. We also evaluated the adequacy of the Marine Corps management control program as it applied to the primary audit objective.