James Leftwich

Describes a review conducted as a joint effort by the U. S. Air Force and the RAND Corporation (acting as analytic advisor) to develop improvement options for mitigating wing-level logistics problems that began in the 1990s. 450-character abstract: Upon direction from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the RAND Corporation (as analytic advisor) and the Air Force conducted a joint review of logistics wing-level processes aimed at developing improvement options to mitigate logistics problems in meeting increasing readiness demands. The authors describe the analytic approach and results of this Chief's Logistics Review, as well as how the solution options designed to improve wing-level logistics processes were implemented, tested, and then evaluated at selected air bases.