GAO provided information regarding the Air Force's progress in achieving and sustaining full operational capability for the Peacekeeper missile force. GAO found that the Air Force 1 delayed its plans to start full operational capability testing, citing congressional directions, basing mode redirections, gaps between developmental and operational flight testing, and production delays 2 believes that developmental flight testing has demonstrated the system's capability 3 plans to conduct only three phase I flight tests a year until fiscal year 1994 in order to meet the scheduled full operational capability milestone for the Peacekeeper in Minuteman Silo Program 4 plans phase II testing to consist of 84 flight tests over 12 years 5 plans to sustain required alert rates for a force of 50 Peacekeeper missiles with an inventory of 61 serviceable units and 20 units in repair 6 had accepted 81 units by December 1988, although only 71 were fully operational 7 improved its mean recycling time fr