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Mouton, Christopher A., author.

Title Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet : options for the current fleet and next-generation aircraft / Christopher A. Mouton, David T. Orletsky, Michael Kennedy, Fred Timson.

Publication Info.	Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
	©2013

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xxx, 127 pages) : illustrations (some color).
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
	text file PDF rda
Series	RAND Corporation monograph series
	Rand Corporation monograph series.
Note	"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
	"Project Air Force."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).
Contents	Introduction -- Intertheater airlift fleet and retirement schedule -- Aircraft alternatives -- Effectiveness methodology and results -- Cost analysis methodology and results -- Cost-effectiveness analysis -- Conclusions.
Summary	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. The authors examined a broad range of aircraft alternatives, including existing and emerging technologies, and permutations of USAF plans for the current fleet with a view to meeting projected requirements while minimizing life-cycle costs and smoothing out spending peaks. The expected demand for airlift was modeled against the capabilities of each alternative aircraft to form a set of alternative fleet compositions to meet that demand. The authors then estimated the cost for each of the options to determine those that were the most cost-effective. The most cost-effective option involved a highly advanced conceptual design, which represents significant risk. The next most cost-effective options hedge this risk by starting with commercial derivatives as aircraft retire, followed later by a highly advanced aircraft.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed February 1, 2013).
Subject	United States. Air Mobility Command -- Planning.
	United States. Air Force -- Appropriations and expenditures.
	États-Unis. Air Force -- Crédits budgétaires et dépenses.
	United States. Air Force
	United States. Air Mobility Command
	Airlift, Military -- United States -- Planning.
	Galaxy (Jet transport) -- Costs.
	C-17 (Jet transport) -- Costs.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation.
	Airlift, Military -- Planning
	Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
	C-17 (Jet transport) -- Costs
	Planning
	United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author	Project Air Force (U.S.)
	Rand Corporation.
Other Form:	Print version: Mouton, Christopher A. Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet 9780833077011 (DLC) 2012048114 (OCoLC)820349523
ISBN	9780833081162 (electronic bk.)
	0833081160 (electronic bk.)
	9780833077011 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	0833077015 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Report No.	RAND/MG-1238-AF
Standard No.	GBVCP 100865826X