Better Oversight and Accountability Needed for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command C-12 Aircraft

oversight and accountability of the USASOC
C-12 aircraft in accordance with DoD guidance.
USSOCOM officials did not report the aircraft in
their Operational Support Airlift inventory for
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ’s FY
2012 review. In addition, USSOCOM officials
did not make the aircraft visible for centralized
scheduling. This occurred because USSOCOM,
Army G-3/5/7, and USASOC officials expressed
confusion about who was responsible for
providing oversight and accountability of the
aircraft. As a result, USASOC may be operating
an underused aircraft in excess of the required
Operational Support Airlift aircraft inventory. In
addition, DoD is at an increased risk that misuse
of the aircraft