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Bookmark or Share- Intratheater Airlift Functional Area Analysis (FAA) | RANDThis functional area analysis lays out the tasks, conditions, and standards for the intratheater airlift fleet, taken from high-level guidance, various operational concepts, and recent operational experience and the key variables for later analyses.
- Strategic Airlift in Africa - RAND Corporationscoping study into the challenges associated with coordination of strategic airlift in and around Africa, ahead of the main Africa Distribution Network Forum (ADNF) meeting in December 2020. Whilst this study was to focus primarily on airlift, it was also tasked with considering other modes of transport as part of possible multi-modal solutions.
- Reducing Long-Term Costs While Preserving a Robust Strategic Airlift ...The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize that fleet. This monograph presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the best way to recapitalize the USAF intertheater (strategic) airlift fleet.
- Strategic Airlift Operations for the Gulf War - RAND CorporationThis research brief summarizes analysis contained in the RAND Corporation report, "Project AIR FORCE Analysis of the Air War in the Gulf: An Assessment of Strategic Airlift Operational Efficiency" (R-4269/2-AF).
- Commercial Intratheater Airlift - RAND CorporationTraditionally, military aircraft have provided this airlift. However, in recent years, commercial carriers provided a significant amount of airlift within U.S. Central Command. The authors examine whether the use of commercial airlift was more cost-effective than using organic U.S. Air Force aircraft for these historical movements.
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