Strategic Analysis of Air National Guard Combat Support And Reachback Functions

by Tripp, Robert S.; Lynch, Kristin F.; McGarvey, Ronald G.; Snyder, Don; Pyles, Raymond A.

• ISBN13: 9780833038845
• ISBN10: 0833038842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Evaluates options for Air National Guard combat support and reachback missions in four Air Force mission areas to support the Air and Space Expeditionary Force, investigates transformational opportunities for the ANG that would add the most value in achieving the desired operational effects, and considers how changes in unit and above-unit policies are likely to affect Total Force capabilities.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. xiii
Tables	p. xvii
Summary	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxv
Abbreviations	p. xxix
Introduction	p. 1
Analytic Approach	p. 3
Background of the Agile Combat Support System	p. 4
Transformational Opportunities Evaluated	p. 4
Organization of This Monograph	p. 6
Civil Engineering Deployment and Sustainment Capabilities	p. 9
Current Expeditionary Combat Support Practice	p. 9
Transformational Concept	p. 14
Analytic Approach	p. 16
Baseline Analysis	p. 17
Analysis with No ARC Call-Up	p. 21
Analysis with 50-Percent ARC Call-Up	p. 24
Cost Analysis	p. 28
Introduction of a New Sustainment UTC	p. 30
Air Force and ANG Civil Engineer Deployment and Sustainment Implications	p. 31
Continental United States Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities	p. 33
Current Intermediate-Level Maintenance Practice	p. 33
Transformational Concept	p. 34
Analytic Approach	p. 35
Preliminary Analysis of the TF-34 Engine	p. 44
Cost Analysis	p. 56
Air Force and ANG CIRF Implications	p. 58
The Force Structure and Cost Estimating Tool-A Planning Extension to GUARDIAN	p. 61
The Use of Current GUARDIAN Capabilities	p. 61
Transformational Concept: Developing a Forward-Looking, Combat Support Planning System to Enhance Strategic Planning	p. 63
Analytic Approach	p. 70
Sample Uses of FSCET	p. 74
Using FSCET to Forecast Maintenance and Modification Costs	p. 74
Using FSCET to Estimate Future ANG KC-135 Maintenance Costs	p. 79
Using FSCET to Estimate Future F-16C/D Fleet Operational Suitability	p. 87
Using FSCET to Assess KC-135 Airworthiness	p. 91
Using FSCET to Estimate C-5 Availability	p. 93
Air Force and ANG GUARDIAN Implications	p. 95
Reachback Options: Costs, Benefits, and Risks	p. 97
Current Falconer AOC Practice	p. 98
Current Air Mobility Division Practice	p. 100
Current Combat Operations Division Practice	p. 101
Transformational Concept	p. 102
Analytic Approach	p. 103
Preliminary Analysis of the Air Mobility Division	p. 104
Preliminary Analysis of the Combat Operations Division	p. 107
Cost/Benefit Analysis of Reachback Options	p. 111
One Reachback Location	p. 112
Many Reachback Locations	p. 113
Centers of Excellence	p. 114
Cost Analysis	p. 115
Costs	p. 116
Savings	p. 117
AMD Example	p. 118
DT/TST Example	p. 120
Other Reachback Issues	p. 125
ANG Mission Strategy	p. 126
Air Force and ANG Reachback Implications	p. 130
Summary and Conclusions	p. 133
Reachback Decision Tree	p. 137
Bibliography	p. 139
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