[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR861.2]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 861_DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION QUALITY AND 
SAFETY REVIEW PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 861.2  Purpose.

    Department of Defense Directive 4500.53, Department of Defense 
Commercial Air Transportation Quality and Safety Review Program, charges 
the Commander-in-Chief (CINC), United States Transportation Command 
(USTRANSCOM), with ensuring the establishment of safety requirements and 
criteria for evaluating civil air carriers and operators (hereinafter 
collectively referred to as ``air carriers'') providing air 
transportation and operational support services to the Department of 
Defense (DOD). It also charges the CINC with ensuring the establishment 
of a Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) and providing policy 
guidance and direction for its operation. This part establishes DOD 
quality and safety criteria for air carriers providing or seeking to 
provide air transportation and, at the discretion of the CARB or higher 
authority, operational support services to the DOD. This part also 
includes the operating procedures of the CARB. The CARB has the 
authority to suspend air carriers from DOD use or

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take other actions when issues of air carrier quality and air safety 
arise.