Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Little Rock AFB capacity. Page: 2 of 4
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It should be noted there is some logistic support commonality among all of the C-130 aircraft
and differences between some of the model variants are relatively small. More importantly, the
Air Force has a program in place to improve fleet commonality. The C-130 Avionics
Modernization Program (AMP) is the farthest reaching of Air Force efforts to standardize DoD
C-130 aircraft. AMP is a cockpit modernization program that replaces aging, unreliable
equipment and will result in an identical cockpit configuration across the mobility, SOF-CSAR,
and I SN C-130 fleets.
Question 3: Does the Air Force have empirical information that shows improvements to key
indicators like Mission Capable rates resulting from the consolidation of the C-130 fleet at Little
Rock?
Answer 3: No. The Air Force has not accomplished any similar consolidation that could be used
to provide empirical data.
Question 4: Given the fact that a certi fied capacity wasn't completed at Little Rock, its unclear
that Little Rock has sufficient capability to receive such a large fleet of C- 130s. Please provide
the Commission information that shows that sufficient capacity exists at Little Rock. Of
particular note is data:
A. That shows Little Rock has sufficient ramp space, aircraft hangers, maintenance facilities.
B. The number of runways and dimensions, number of drop zones, number of assault strips.
Answer 4a: The capacity data provided by MAJCOMs used parking spaces as the initial,
primary indicator for current capacity, then a MILCON cost to build facilities to accept more
aircraft in increments of optimum squadron size. Unfortunately, with multiple MAJCOMs
involved at Little Rock, a comprehensive capacity view did not occur.
Realizing the deficiency in capacity data for Little Rock, SAF/IEB queried AMC as to the
number of C-130s that can be parked on the current ramp at Little Rock. An AMC representative
replied on 14 J.anuary 2005 that 130 C-130s could be parked at Little Rock using a workable
parking plan.
Cost analysis of recommendations that include movements of C-130s to Little Rock included
costs required to build hangars, maintenance and support facilities required for gained aircraft.
The cost estimates (provided by MAJCOMs in their capacity briefs) to accept additional aircraft
were not used in recommendation cost analysis provided to the BRAC Commission.
Answer 4b: Little Rock AFB has a single main runway, 12,000 feet long, 200 feet wide, with
1000 feet long overruns at each end. The airfield also has an assault strip parallel and in close
proximity to the main runway. The assault strip is paved and is 3.500 feet long and 04 feet wide
with no overruns.
Installations were evaluated based on their proximity to tactical landing zones and drop zones,
not only zones that reside on the specific installation. For instance, we know that C-130 units at
little Rock extensively use the drop zones known as "Black Jack" and "All American." These
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