WASHINGTON - L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, has been awarded a $27,689,184 firm-fixed-price modification (P00165) for logistics support of the T-1A aircraft. Services include contractor-operated maintained supply, over and above, on-equipment maintenance, data and field service representatives. Work will be performed at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas; Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $27,689,184 are being obligated at time of award. Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0001). (Awarded Oct. 1, 2017)
With a worldwide fleet of 193 aircraft, 178 are operating in the United States Air Force, with an expected retirement date of 2032.