03034oam 2200517zu 450 991021997610332120220902155043.00-8330-8120-9(CKB)3360000000476903(SSID)ssj0001048546(PQKBManifestationID)12472179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001048546(PQKBWorkID)11014462(PQKB)10666471(oapen)doab115130(EXLCZ)99336000000047690320160829d2013 uh 0engurmn|---annantxtccrCommercial intratheater airlift cost-effectiveness analysis of use in U.S. Central Command /Ronald G. McGarvey [et al.]RAND Corporation2013Santa Monica, CA :RAND Project Air Force ;20131 online resource (xviii, 82 pages) illustrationsReport Commercial intratheater airliftBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8330-7837-2 Intratheater airlift delivers critical and time-sensitive supplies, such as blood products for transfusions or repair parts for vehicles, to deployed forces. Traditionally, military aircraft have provided this airlift. However, for various reasons, in recent years a number of commercial carriers have provided a significant amount of airlift within U.S. Central Command. But was this more cost-effective than using organic U.S. Air Force aircraft? To explore this question, the authors collected historical (2009) U.S. Central Command data and created models to identify the most cost-effective combination of commercial and organic airlift to perform the required movements. The calculations needed to address differences in fixed and marginal costs across alternatives as well as the effects of price elasticities of demand for commercial airlift providers. Model optimization runs showed a preference for U.S. Air Force-organic aircraft but suggested that commercial alternatives should be retained to supplement Air Force aircraft for a small fraction of movements. The authors further observed that U.S. Central Command planners could have benefitted from more sophisticated decision support tools to make daily intratheater cargo-aircraft allocation decisions.CITA, cost-effectiveness analysis of use in US CENTCOMAirlift, MilitaryEvaluationCostsUnited StatesAirlift, MilitaryContracting outEvaluationUnited StatesAirlift, MilitaryEvaluationCostsAirlift, MilitaryContracting outEvaluation358.4/40681McGarvey Ronald G.0Thomas BrentSanchez Ricardo R.1979-Light T(Thomas),Project Air Force (U.S.)PQKBBOOK9910219976103321Commercial intratheater airlift2907503UNINA