The ALC recognizes the deficits in personnel and the austere environment in which aviation maintainers currently work. Restructuring and resourcing the support ranks to accommodate new technology completes the ALC's vision of a more efficient logistics system. Acting as the logistics force multiplier, the ALC relieves many hardships currently endured by the aviation support soldier. The ALC is not all-inclusive, nor is it intended to be. The intent is to provoke thought and discussion on how best to strategize the support needed for aviation's future.
Adjustments are inevitable as insight and perspective is gained.
The thesis of the ALC illustrates that changes are needed, desired, and available for aviation logistics. These changes are not only solutions to current problems within the logistics structure but are also the means for future operational combat capabilities and methods. New, digital technologies, doctrinal and regulatory changes, and restructuring are variables in the logistic equation. The constants are a collective leadership dedicated to aviation logistics, an authority for that leadership, a dominant technological expertise, and collusion between all aviation entities to meet the holistic needs of future support. To request the complete article, contact Aviation Logistic Planning Division .