By Air Force News Agency on Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Air Force to Consolidate F-22 Depot Maintenance at Hill AFB
Air Force officials announced May 29 they’re consolidating depot maintenance for the F-22 Raptor on the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
The depot maintenance work is currently split between the Ogden ALC and the Lockheed facility in Palmdale, Calif.
“Palmdale has made a storied contribution to aviation and while this move is sensible, we’re certain this crucial workforce will continue strongly supporting the Air Force at Palmdale for decades to come back,” said Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander.
In today’s fiscal environment it’s important that each available resource is efficiently managed as a way to achieve maximum return on investments.
The Air Force conducted a comprehensive business case analysis and determined a consolidation of all F-22 work at Ogden ALC would cut back costs while realizing greater efficiencies, a minimum cost savings of greater than $16 million per year.
“The facts show this can be a fantastic efficiency for the F-22 program and the warfighter,” Moore said. “It will let us more quickly maintain the F-22 keeping this vital front-line fighter able to meet any challenge, while jointly let us strengthen the robust and capable Palmdale workforce on other critical programs inside the local area.”
The Air Force has developed a 31-month incremental transition plan to finish the F-22 depot maintenance consolidation activities.
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