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ien Duty Station. The helicopters will now support disaster rescue missions in eastern Taiwan and
provide enhanced night-time maritime search and rescue capabilities.

(3) Training programs based on a combination of routine training and common crew training were
developed and implemented to meet mission requirements and conditions. A rigorous training
regime built a solid foundation for complex mission conditions in the future and realized the goal
of enhancing mission capabilities through joint training.

3. Synergistic maintenance strategy for enhancing maintenance and logistics

performance
(1) Enforcement of fleet maintenance and management to meet maintenance performance and tar-

gets: Monthly contract performance supervision, quarterly quality assurance audits, and self-su-
pervision of self-maintained fleets were implemented for the Blackhawk helicopters, Dauphin heli-
copters, and contractor-supported fixed-wing fleet as planned to ensure that the quality of aircraft
maintenance met the standards set out in the technical documentation. Average fleet availability

overall was 72.04%, meeting the target availability rate of 65% and satisfying all rescue require-
ments.

(2) Completed the diversification of component suppliers to improve replenishment efficiency and
aircraft dispatching:

Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) was signed on November 18, 2022, with the U.S. govern-
ment with the assistance of the Army Command Headquarters for the military procurement of
Blackhawk helicopter parts and components by the NASC for 2023 through to 2027. As of 2023,
orders can be placed directly through the Security Cooperation Information Portal (SCIP) to

draw on the common inventory of aircrafts. This will not only speed up the replenishment of air-
craft components and aircraft maintenance/repairs but also save approximately NT$200 million
in US military administrative management costs.

The LOA for the Army Blackhawk helicopter follow-on support military procurement program
was amended to incorporate NASC requirements such as return of primary/secondary compo-

nents to the US for repairs, procurement of technical bulletin modification packages, and parts
procurement and support for base-level structural repairs so that US military maintenance sup-
port can be obtained in a timely manner.

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