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TABLE 3.19 Elements of Total Corrosion Maintenance Cost
to Air Force
Total Maintenance Cost, Fiscal Year 1997 ($)
Repair 572,352,704
Wash 38,443,783
Paint 145,951,530
Vehicles 23,291,759
Munitions 6,247,341
Other 18,540,036
Total 794,827,153

TABLE 3.20 Corrosion Maintenance Cost for Individual Military Aircraft in 1990
and 1997
Aircraft 1990 Fleet Number Corrosion 1997 Fleet Number Total Corrosion Change in
Cost ($) of Cost (%) Cost ($) of Cost (%) Number
Aircraft Aircraft of Aircraft
A-10 25,611,157 524 4.25 4,325,700 375 0.69 −149
13-1 1,267,086 76 0.21 7,326,979 95 1.17 19
B-52 95,751,947 228 15.90 39,545,321 94 6.29 −134
C-130 137,963,143 694 22.91 50,351,736 694 8.01 0
KC-135 13,554,678 644 18.86 205,561,487 602 32.72 −42
C-141 68,621,286 231 11.40 102,584,893 220 16.33 −11
C-5 17,019,858 126 2.83 104,595,003 126 16.65 0
CLS 3,286,630 180 −0.55 6,301,275 321 1.00 141
E-3 3,698,062 32 0.61 19,851,017 32 3.16 0
F-111 41,778,986 245 6.94 7,749,299 37 1.23 −208
F-15 23,325,398 749 3.87 29,194,683 737 4.65 −12
F-16 17,010,711 1,260 2.83 15,728,095 1,513 2.50 253
Helos 4,854,452 179 0.81 2,511,531 215 0.4 36
C-10 666,302 52 0.11 7,439,773 59 1.18 7
T-37 2,278,434 527 0.38 1,326,593 420 0.21 −107
T-38 13,105,291 812 2.18 23,894.508 451 3.80 −361
A-7 1,600,922 214 −0.27 −214
A-37 345,047 58 0.06 −58
F-4 26,867,597 746 4.46 −746
F-5 72,943 7 0.01 −7
OV-10 3,438,883 54 0.57 −54
Total 602,118,813 7638 100.01 628,288,893 5991 99.99 −1647

fleet in 1957 and the last one was delivered in 1965. At present, about 550 of the 732
tankers built remain in service. As a result of decreasing DOD budget, the current
KC-135 fleet has been projected to remain in service until 2040. With the average
KC-135 tankers being more than 40 years of age, they will be more than 80 years old
in 2040 and will have been in service for more than four times their original design