Military Air Transportation: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 237 pages |
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86th Congress Air Force Air National Guard Air Transport Service airlift service airlines airplanes approved Army assigned basis Berlin airlift capacity cargo aircraft Chairman channel traffic Chief of Staff Civil Aeronautics Board civil carriers civil eligible Civil Reserve Air commercial airlift commercial cargo commercial carriers CONGRESS contract cost courses of action CRAF program D-Day Defense Production Act Department of Defense DRISCOLL economical equipment fiscal flying funds going Government GRIFFITHS Guard and Reserve hard-core requirements HOLIFIELD hours per day industry KENNEY legislation MATS fleet MATS operation MENDEL RIVERS ment Military Air Transport military airlift capability mission MORGAN national emergency overseas passenger peacetime percent personnel planes President problem procurement proposal recommendations Reed Committee Reserve Air Fleet ROBACK role Secretary LEBOUTILLIER Secretary of Defense Secretary TAYLOR sortie specific subcommittee talking tion ton-mile utilization rate
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Page 234 - The encouragement and development of an air transportation system properly adapted to the present and future needs of the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense...
Page 125 - The interviewee is expected to exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal business.
Page 139 - Airlift requirements which must move in military aircraft, manned and operated by military crews because of special military considerations, security, or because of limiting physical characteristics such as size or dangerous properties. Included in this category are special military deployments involving nuclear retaliatory forces, the SAC post strike recovery mission, tactical deployments, movement of missiles, special munitions, etc. 3_/ Wherever used herein, "commercial carriers" means US -owned...
Page 4 - 1. That MATS be equipped and operated in peacetime to insure its capability to meet approved military hard core ' requirements in a general war and in situations short of general war, and such other military requirements as cannot be met adequately by (US) commercial carriers on an effective and timely basis.
Page 139 - The nine courses of action were listed as follows : 1. That MATS be equipped and operated in peacetime to insure its capability to meet approved military hard-core 3 requirements in a general war and in situations short of general war, and such other military requirements as cannot be met adequately by commercial carriers * on an effective and timely basis.
Page 190 - MATS capacity resulting from the provisions of paragraph 1 above. 4. That as commercial carriers make available modern, economical long-range cargo aircraft and as further orientation of MATS to the hard-core function is effected, increased use should be made of the services of such commercial carriers.
Page 164 - ... airlines, are an essential part of the over-all mobilization transport strength of the United States, and as it has been stated by Air Force representatives, will provide a major part of the ability of the nation to meet the huge demands for transport in the event of a sudden war emergency.
Page 180 - ... 3. That MATS routine channel traffic (regularly scheduled, fixed routes) operations be reduced on an orderly basis, consistent with assured commercial airlift capability at reasonable cost, and consistent with economical and efficient use, including realistic training, of the MATS capacity resulting from the provisions of paragraph 1 above.
Page 5 - Requiring that all cargo carried by commercial carriers be so moved; (3) Entering into longer term contracts for MATS traffic; and (4) Giving preference in the movement of MATS traffic to those commercial carriers: (a) Who are effectively committed to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program...
Page 167 - Recommendation No. 3. The applicable military directives and regulations should be redrafted to eliminate the preferential position of the Military Air Transport Service in peacetime military airlift and to establish, consistent with other recommendations in this report, a full partnership role for civil carriers in moving peacetime military traffic and in contributing to war readiness through the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.