Go/No Go Process Standardization Across AMC's C-17 Fleet

The increasing world population, modernization, and globalization continue to increase the strain on the global transportation resources. Both infrastructure, vehicles, and personnel continue to operate at higher rates. It is imperative to ensure those operating vehicles that are massive in scale are qualified and capable of carrying out their critical role in transportation activities with an enormous impact on the global economy to meet the demands of international logistics. This research, in particular, focuses on the pre-mission currency and qualification verification of the United States Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III aircrew. By conducting a case study on the current processes in place by six C-17 units and codifying and analyzing commonalities and differences across these units to determine the efficiencies and wasted efforts across Air Mobility Command's strategic logistic assets. This study uncovers the need for standardization in the pre-mission aircrew qualification procedures based on process improvement principles.