Taxpayers Carry the Load:
The C-130J Cargo Plane Does Not Report
1. Inside the Air Force, “Senior USAF Officer: C-130J Termination Costs Could Exceed $2 Billion," March 14, 2005.
2. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p. 10.
3. “Air Force Finds Cracks, Grounds C-130E,” United Press International, February 11, 2005.
4. Summary of Aerial Refueling, Defense Science Board Task Force, May 2004.
5. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p. i.
6. Test and Evaluation Trends and Costs for Aircraft and Guided Weapons, RAND Corporation, 2004, p. 38.
7. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p11.
8. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, pp. 1-2.
9. Intratheater Airlift: Information on the Air Force’s C-130 Aircraft, Government Accountability Office, GAO/NSIAD-98-108, April 21, 1998, p. 6.
10. Discussion in Business Segments, Form 10-K, Lockheed Martin Corporation, February 28, 2005, p. 5.
11. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p. i.
12. Intratheater Airlift: Information on the Air Force’s C-130 Aircraft, Government Accountability Office, GAO/NSIAD-98-108, April 21, 1998, p.8.
13. Ibid, p. 10.
14. Inside Defense, “Wynne: Changing Transportation Needs Triggered C-130J Cancellation,” February 10, 2005.
15. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, pp i-ii.
16. Statement for the Record, Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division, before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, Federal Acquisition: Trends, Reforms, and Challenges, General Accounting Office, GAO/T-OCG-00-7, March 16, 2000, p. 10.
17. Test and Evaluation Trends and Costs for Aircraft and Guided Weapons, RAND Corporation, 2004, p. 38.
18. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p. 6.
19. Discussion in Business Segments, Form 10-K, Lockheed Martin Corporation, February 28, 2005, p. 5.
20. Annual Report FY2004, Department of Defense, Director Operational Test and Evaluation, Air Force Programs, C-130J Airlift Aircraft, January 2005, p. 251.
21. Audit Report, Acquisition: Contracting for and Performance of the C-130J Aircraft, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Report No. D-2004-102, July 23, 2004, p. 11.
22. Ibid, p.1.
23. Annual Report FY2004, Department of Defense, Director Operational Test and Evaluation, Air Force Programs, C-130J Airlift Aircraft, January 2005, p. 252.
24. Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 52, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 52.212-4 – Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial items, (l).
25. Orange County Register, “Ford, Defense Department Settle Over Sgt. York,” February 23, 1989.
26. Testimony of Neal P. Curtain, Director, Planning and Reporting, National Security and International Affairs Division, Government Accountability Office, before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 3, 1991.
27. Discussion of legal proceedings, Form 10-K, General Dynamics, March 4, 2005.
