Air transport systems: a comparison of alternatives and a methodology for contextual analysis
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CONTENTS
PREFACE iii
SUMMARY v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xx
ABBREVIATIONS xxi
FIGURES xxv
TABLES xxvii
Section
I. INTRODUCTION 1
What is Airlift? 1
Objectives and Approach 2
Principle Airlift Policy Questions 2
Organization of Dissertation 4
II. PAST PRESENT CONTEXT OF AIRLIFT POLICYMAKING 5
When is Airlift Important 6
Recent Planning for Intertheater Airlift 8
Ton Miles as a Measure of Effectiveness 11
Recent Planning for Intratheater Airlift 14
III. ALTERNATIVE AIRLIFT CONCEPTS 16
Airlift Definitions 16
Aircraft Technical Characteristics and the
Measurement of Aircraft Performance 18
Intertheater Aircraft Candidates 22
The C-17 23
High Capacity Candidates 26
Long Range Candidates 26
Lighter-than-Air (LTA) 28
Intratheater Airlift Candidates 30
C-130 Candidates 31
Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) Candidate 33
Intratheater LTA 34
IV. QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT RISK 35
Intertheater Candidate Developmental Risk 35
C-17 Technology and Engineering Risks 35
High Capacity Candidates 38
Long Range Candidates 40
Long Range LTA Candidate 41
Intratheater Candidate Developmental Risk 43
Short Range LTA 43
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C-130 Candidates 44
STOL Technology and Engineering Risk 44
Conclusions about Technology and Engineering Risk 45
V. EQUAL COST FORCES 47
Estimates of 20 Year Operating Cycle Costs for
Airlifters 47
Equal Cost Airlift Forces 51
VI. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF EQUAL COST AIRLIFT FORCES 56
Methodology for Assessing Equal Cost Transport
Performance _ 57
Performance of Airlift Concepts Candidates in*
Alternative Scenarios 62
European Scenario Performance 62
Southwest Asia Scenario 74
Zaire Scenario Performance 85
VII. COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE OF CONCEPTS AND CANDIDATES 96
Initial Integration with Existing Airlift 109
What is missing from the Equal Cost Approach 112
VIII. CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MOBILITY 114
Organization of Section 115
An Overview of Sherpa 116
Sherpa Inputs 118
Cargo Requirement Inputs 119
Transportation Characteristics 123
Network Inputs 132
Cost Inputs 134
Sherpa: The Objective Function 135
Objective Function Unit of Account 138
Period Selection 139
Transport Step Functions 139
Bias and Distortion in Period Definition 141
Output 147
Summary of Airlift Results and Conclusions 149
IX. METHODOLOGY: SUGGESTED FUTURE DIRECTIONS 150
Suggested Improvements to Sherpa 150
Taxonomy Changes to Sherpa 150
Sherpa s Unit of Account 151
Transport Segmentation, Nomenclature, and Form 152
A Reduced Route Structure Within the Model 153
A Broadened Set of Origin and Destination Points 153
Greater Specificity of Cargo Types 155
The Addition of More Periods 156
Structural Changes to Sherpa 158
Structural Changes: An Airlift Model 159
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Airlift Performance and Utilization Rates 160
Airlift Performance: Loading and Peacetime Duties ... 162
Structural Changes: A Sealift Model 163
Future Mobility Modeling 165
Linking Mobility Combat Outcomes 167
Appendix
A. VALUES AND METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF TON MILES 170
B. AIRLIFT COST DATA 175
C. METHODOLOGY FOR CONSTRAINED AIRLIFT IN SAUDI ARABIA 183
D. AIRLIFT IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 185
E. SHERPA CODE 214
BIBLIOGRAPHY 275
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FIGURES
1. Wartime Aircraft Operating Modes 17
2. Range and Pay load Curves 39
3. Airlift Operations to Central Europe 64
4. Relative Performance of Airlift Concepts in Europe
Percent of Maximum Performance (No Attrition) 68
5. Relative Performance of Airlift Concepts in Europe
Percent of Maximum Performance (With Attrition) 73
6. Airlift Operations to Saudi Arabia 76
7. Relative Performance of Airlift Concepts in Saudi Arabia
Percent of Maximum Performance: MOG 1 Million Sq. Ft.
(No Attrition) 78
8. Relative Performance of Airlift Concepts in Saudi Arabia
Percent of Maximum Performance: MOG .5 Million Sq. Ft.
(No Attrition) 81
9. Airlift Operations to Zaire 86
10. Relative Performance of Airlift Concepts in Zaire
Percent of Maximum Performance (Utilizing Air-to-Air
Refueling) 91
11. Comparison of HCX/Stol with HCX/C-130 96
12. Comparison of C-5/Stol with C-5/C-130 97
13. Comparison of C-17/Stol with C-17/C-130 98
14. Comparison of HCX/LR/C-130 with HCX/C-130 99
15. Comparison of C-5/LR/C-130, C-5/MD-11/C-130, and
C-5/C-130 . 100
16. Comparison of C-17/LR/C-130 and C-17/C-130 101
17. Comparison of HCX Direct and HCX/C-130 102
18. Comparison of C-5 Direct, C-5/MD-11, and C-5/MD-11/C-130
103
19. Comparison of C-17 Direct, C-17/LR, and C-17/LR/C-130 104
20. Comparison of C-5 Direct and HCX Di rect 105
21. Comparison of Best Concepts C-17 Availability 90 Percent
107
22. Comparison of Best Concepts C-17 Availability 80 Percent
108
23. Comparison of Best Concepts: Performance Likely Cost
C-17 Availability 90 Percent 110
24. Sherpa: The Force Build-up Curve 136
25. Sherpa: Basic Objective Function 137
26. Transport Step Functions 140
27. Period Width Assignment 142
28. Equal-Ton Periods for Lower Curve 145
29. Equal-Ton Periods for Upper Curve 146
30. Pie Chart: Airlift Missions by Organization 187
31. Pie Chart: Airlift Missions by Aircraft Type 187
32. Pie Chart: Airlift Cargo by Organization 188
33. Pie Chart: Airlift Cargo by Aircraft Type 189
34. Pie Chart: Airlift Passengers by Organization 190
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35. Pie Chart: Airlift Passengers by Aircraft Type 190
36. Monthly Missions for Organizations Unit Line Number
(ULN) Missions Only 192
37. Cumulative Missions for Organizations 193
38. Monthly Missions by Aircraft Type Total Missions (ULN +
CHAN + SPT) 194
39. Cumulative Missions by Aircraft Type Total Missions (ULN
+ CHAN + SPT) 195
40. Monthly Missions by Aircraft Type Unit Line Number (ULN)
Missions Only 196
41. Cumulative Missions by Aircraft Type Unit Line Number
(ULN) Missions Only 197
42. Monthly Cargo Tonnage for Organizations 199
43. Cumulative Cargo Tonnage for Organizations 200
44. Monthly Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total Missions (ULN
+ CHAN + SPT) 201
45. Cumulative Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total Missions
(ULN + CHAN + SPT) 202
46. Monthly Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit Line Number
(ULN) Missions Only 203
47. Cumulative Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit Line Number
(ULN) Missions Only 204
48. Monthly Passengers for Organizations 208
49. Cumulative Passengers for Organizations 209
50. Monthly Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total
Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 210
51. Cumulative Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total
Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 211
52. Monthly Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit Line
Number (ULN) Missions Only 212
53. Cumulative Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit
Line Number (ULN) Missions Only 213
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TABLES
1. Airlift Master Plan (MTM/Day) 9
2. Variability of the Ton Mile Measure Across Aircraft
Types and Scenarios 12
3. Intertheater Aircraft Candidates 23
4. Intratheater Aircraft Candidates 31
5. Developmental Risk of Aircraft Candidates 46
6. Twenty Year Operating Cycle Costs (Millions of FY 1992
Dollars) 48
7. Equal Cost Airlift Forces 52
8. Block Speeds of Aircraft Candidates 59
9. Aircraft Loading/Unloading Times and Utilization Factors
59
10. Aircraft Parking Requirements 60
11. European APOD Characteristics 65
12. European FOL Characteristics 65
13. Performance of Airlift Concepts to Europe (Thousands of
Short Tons Delivered in 30 Days) (No Attrition) 66
14. Performance of Airlift Concepts to Europe (Thousands of
Short Tons Delivered in 30 Days) (With Attrition) 71
15. Saudi Arabian APOD Characteristics 77
16. Performance of Airlift Concepts to Saudi Arabia
(Thousands of STONs Delivered in 30 Days) (Analysis
under Increasing MOG Constraints) 80
17. Performance of C-17 Concepts to Saudi Arabia (Thousands
of STONs Delivered in 30 Days) (Analysis under
Increasing MOG Constraints) (C-17 Availability: 80%) 82
18. European Enroute Airport Characteristics 83
19. Zaire FOL Characteristics 88
20. Performance of Airlift Concepts to Zaire (Thousands of
Short Tons Delivered in 30 Days) (Air-to-Air Refueling
Utilized) 90
21. Performance of Airlift Concepts to Zaire (Thousands of
Short Tons Delivered in 30 Days) (Air-to-Air Refueling
Not Utilized) 94
22. Airlift Master Plan (MTM/Day) 171
23. Basic Data for Ton Mile Calculations 172
24. Millions of Ton Miles per Day Over Time FY 1991, 2000,
2010 172
25. Costs of C-17 Candidate Millions of FY 1992 dollars 176
26. Costs of C-5B Candidate Millions of FY 1992 dollars 177
27. Operations Support Costs FY 1992 Dollars ; 178
28. Cross Tab: Airlift Missions by Organization and Aircraft
Type (Number of Missions) 186
29. Cross Tab: Total Cargo by Organization and Aircraft Type
(Short Tons) 188
30. Cross Tab: Total Passengers by Organization and Aircraft
Type (Number of Passengers) 189
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31. Cross Tab: Monthly Missions for Organizations (Number of
Missions) 192
32. Cross Tab: Cumulative Missions for Organizations (Number
of Missions) 193
33. Cross Tab: Monthly Missions Flown by Aircraft Type Total
Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 194
34. Cross Tab: Cumulative Missions Flown by Aircraft Type
Total Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 195
35. Cross Tab: Monthly Missions Flown by Aircraft Type Unit
Line Number (ULN) Missions Only 196
36. Cross Tab: Cumulative Missions Flown by Aircraft Type
Unit Line Number (ULN) Missions Only 197
37. Cross Tab: Monthly Cargo Tonnage for Organizations
(Short Tons) 199
38. Cross Tab: Cumulative Cargo Tonnage for Organizations
(Short Tons) 200
39. Cross Tab: Monthly Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total
Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) (Short Tons) 201
40. Cross Tab: Cumulative Deliveries by Aircraft Type Total
Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) (Short Tons) 202
41. Cross Tab: Monthly Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit Line
Number (ULN) Missions Only (Short Tons) 203
42. Cross Tab: Cumulative Deliveries by Aircraft Type Unit
Line Number (ULN) Missions Only (Short Tons) 204
43. Cross Tab: Payloads by Organization and Aircraft Type
(Short Tons) 206
44. Payload Comparisons ODS Experience with Planning Factors
206
45. Cross Tab: Monthly Passengers for Organizations 208
46. Cross Tab: Cumulative Passengers for Organizations 209
47. Cross Tab: Monthly Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type
Total Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 210
48. Cross Tab: Cumulative Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft
Type Total Missions (ULN + CHAN + SPT) 211
49. Cross Tab: Monthly Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft Type
ULN Data Only 212
50. Cross Tab: Cumulative Passenger Deliveries by Aircraft
Type Unit Line Number (ULN) Missions Only 213
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