"This functional area analysis is the first in a trio of documents that the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System requires for a capabilities-based assessment of intratheater airlift capabilities. This volume sets the stage for the assessment by laying out the tasks, conditions, and standards required for the intratheater airlift fleet. The authors gleaned these by examining high-level guidance from the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy; service concepts of operations and the family of Joint Future Concepts, both themselves developed from the national strategies; and recent experience in Afghanistan and Iraq for insight into the current operational environment. Because the analytical results will be sensitive to the operational variables, the authors also outlined these, some of the most important being the number of delivery points; the terrain; air base accessibility; the total amount, size, and weight of each supply class to be delivered by air; the number of personnel to be delivered by air; the required response time; the mission characteristics; and the threat level."--RAND website.
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction and Background -- Capabilities-Based Assessment Objectives -- Functional Area Analysis -- Functional Needs Analysis -- Organization of This Document -- ch. Two Intratheater Airlift Fleet Condition and Status -- Fleet Composition and Status -- C-130 Structural Issues and the Equivalent Baseline Hours Metric -- Other System Issues -- ch. Three Functional Solution Analysis Methodology -- Current and Projected Fleet Sizes -- Analysis Methodology -- Three Classes of Options -- Delaying the Need to Recapitalize -- Where's the Leverage? -- ch. Four Delaying C-130 Recapitalization by Reducing Accumulation of Equivalent Baseline Hours -- How Different Types of Flying Relate to Accumulation of Equivalent Baseline Hours -- The C-130 Flying-Hour Program: Understanding Where Flight and Equivalent Baseline Hours Can Be Reduced.
Options Analyzed -- Increase Use of Simulators for Training -- Increase Use of Companion Trainers -- Shift High-Severity-Factor Operational Missions to Other Aircraft -- Reduce Crew Qualifications and High-Severity-Factor Training -- Options Eliminated During Initial Screening Process -- Rotate Aircraft Among Components -- Increase Experience Mix -- Change Active-Reserve Mix -- Add ARC Associate Units to Active Squadrons -- Increase Squadron Size -- Place Flight Restrictions on Specific Aircraft -- Observations -- ch. Five Delaying C-130 Recapitalization by Increasing the Supply of EBH -- Options Analyzed -- SLEP or Repair the Aircraft -- Buy Additional Aircraft -- Accept Greater Risk -- Options Eliminated During Initial Screening Process -- Develop Better Diagnostic Tools -- Observations -- ch. Six Delaying C-130 Recapitalization by Reducing the Number of Aircraft Needed to Meet the Requirement -- Options Analyzed.
Shift C-17s to Intratheater Role -- Shift More Air Education and Training Command Aircraft During Peak Demand -- Options Eliminated During Initial Screening Process -- Shift Some of the Theater Lift Burden to Surface Lift -- Fly Strategic Airlift to Forward Operating Locations -- Change Theater Routes -- Increase the Maximum Number of Aircraft on the Ground -- Increase the Crew Ratio -- Use the Joint Precision Airdrop System -- Increase Army Days of Supply -- Pool Theater Airlift Assets -- CHOP Fewer Aircraft and Improve In-Transit Visibility -- Observations -- ch. Seven How Current Operations Influence the Demand for C-130s -- Aircraft Requirements for Ongoing Operations -- Force Structure Required to Support Ongoing Operations -- Potential Options to Increase the Ability to Support Operations -- Change Active-Reserve Mix -- Use Remote Tours -- Reduce Dwell-to-Deploy Ratio.
Increase Number of Personnel per Squadron -- Reduce Noncontingency Temporary Duty -- Summary of Individual Options -- Combinations of Options -- Options That Reduced Air Reserve Component Forces Exclusively -- Observations -- ch. Eight Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Cost-Effectiveness Framework -- The Components of Net Present Value -- Evolution of the Mobility Air Forces C-130 Force Structure -- Elements of Cost Estimates -- Acquisition Cost -- Sustainment Cost -- Cost-EfFectiveness Analysis Results -- The Simulator Cases Are Cost-Effective -- The Companion Trainer Case Is Not Cost-Effective -- The C-17 Case Is Not Cost-Effective -- Conclusions -- ch. Nine Conclusions -- APPENDIX -- C-130 Structural Issues.