Supporting Expeditionary Forces An Analysis of F-15 Avionics Options

by Peltz, Eric; Shulman, Hyman L.; Tripp, Robert S.; Ramey, Timothy; Drew, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780833029058
• ISBN10: 0833029053
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-12
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

The goal of the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept is to rely on rapidly deployable, immediately employable, highly effective and flexible air and space packages to flexibly serve the strategic role that a permanent forward presence formerly played in deterring and quickly responding to aggression. This report assesses how well alternative logistics processes and organizational designs for meeting F-15 avionics maintenance demands across the spectrum of EAF operations support this concept. Alternatives range from the current decentralized organization associated with the policy of deploying intermediate-maintenance capabilities with the flying units to consolidated, non-deploying structures. The authors find that consolidating F-15 avionics intermediate maintenance and supporting operations from regional support bases would be more conducive to achieving the EAF goal than the current structure.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	xi
Tables	xiii
Summary	xv
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Acronyms	xxvii
Introduction	1	(14)
Evolving Operational and Logistics Requirements	1	(3)
The Cold War Origins of Today's System	2	(1)
New Logistics Challenges	2	(2)
The Agile Combat Support System of the Future	4	(5)
A New ACS Concept That Mixes CONUS and Forward-Based Assets	4	(4)
Implications of This New ACS Concept for F-15 Avionics	8	(1)
Analysis Approach	9	(3)
ACS General Analytic Approach	9	(2)
Evaluations Across a Spectrum of Operational Requirements	11	(1)
Objective and Organization of Report	12	(3)
Support Structure Options and the Decision Space	15	(14)
Support Structures	17	(7)
The Current Decentralized System	18	(2)
Eliminating Maintenance Deployment from the Decentralized Structure	20	(1)
Consolidated Maintenance Structures	21	(3)
Range of OST Assumptions	24	(1)
Tester Configuration Options	25	(4)
Resource Requirements Determination Models	29	(16)
The ACS Evaluation General Analytic Approach	29	(1)
Mission Requirements Determination	30	(1)
Support Requirements	31	(1)
Maintenance Shop Requirements Model	31	(5)
Demand on a Test Station Type	33	(2)
Test Station Capacity	35	(1)
Tester Quantity Calculation	36	(1)
Personnel Requirements Modeling	36	(1)
Transportation Modeling Approach	36	(1)
Spare-Parts Modeling Approach	37	(5)
Wartime Readiness Spare Package Computations	38	(1)
RSP Policy for the Decentralized (Current) Structures	38	(2)
RSP Policy for the Decentralized-No-Deployment Structure	40	(1)
RSP Policy for Consolidated Structures	40	(2)
Peactime Operating Stock	42	(1)
Determining Infrastructure Requirement Changes	42	(3)
Resource Requirements	45	(14)
Operational Employment Requirements	45	(1)
Maintenance Requirements	46	(1)
Reduction of Tester Requirements	47	(3)
Consolidation Effect of Discrete Capacity Levels	48	(1)
Consolidation Effect of Load Smoothing	49	(1)
Shortages of Certain Testers in Today's System	50	(1)
Excess Testers Permit MTW Tester Capacity During Peacetime at All FSLs	50	(1)
Personnel Requirements	51	(1)
Spare-Parts Requirements	52	(3)
Peacetime Transportation Requirements	55	(1)
Infrastructure Requirements	56	(3)
Options Analysis	59	(26)
Minimize Cost	59	(11)
Tester Costs	59	(2)
Personnel Costs	61	(1)
Spare-Parts Costs	62	(3)
Transportation Cost	65	(1)
Infrastructure Change Costs	66	(2)
Total Cost	68	(2)
Reduce Personnel Turbulence	70	(7)
Minimize Deployment Footprint	77	(1)
Minimize Operational Risks	78	(5)
Resupply Risk	78	(1)
Flightline Reliance on Local Maintenance Resupply in Decentralization	79	(1)
In Consolidated Systems and the Decentralized-No-Deployment Structure, Resupply Depends on Establishment of a Theater Distribution System	80	(2)
Potential Delays in Establishing ``Resupply'' Also Pose Risk in the Decentralized-Deployment Structure	82	(1)
Inventory Risk	82	(1)
Enhance Flexibility	83	(1)
Spin-Up Time	84	(1)
Additional Opportunities to Improve Logistics Systems with Consolidated Structures	85	(10)
Increased Tester Uptime and AIS Throughput	85	(1)
Reducing Maintenance Wait Time	86	(3)
Reducing OSTs	89	(1)
Sharing Resources in the System of the Future	90	(1)
A Potential Strategy for Reducing Marginal Inventory Investment in Consolidated Structures	91	(4)
Conclusion	95	(32)
Decentralized With AIS Deployment Structure	95	(1)
Decentralized Without AIS Deployment Structure	96	(1)
Consolidated Structures	97	(1)
Test of an F-15 Regional Repair FSL	98	(1)
Conclusion	99	(2)
Appendix
A. Tester Requirements Model	101	(12)
B. Tester Requirements Model Data	113	(12)
C. Model Output	125	(2)
Bibliography	127