No fleet-management operation is immune to the sting of budget cuts, not even large multinationals funded by taxpayer dollars. When the Defense Department budget was sequestered during 2013, the Command Vehicles Branch of the United States Air Forces Europe and Africa (USAFE) felt its share of pain through a 37-percent drop in maintenance money. The dilemma for the 2014 Fleet Masters large-fleet winner was how to make up as much of the deficit as possible while keeping mission-essential vehicles based at 42 locations in 35 countries safe, up and running. Perhaps worse was the time frame it had to plan under.
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