Don Snyder

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.

Evaluating current end-to-end support postures for certain UAV systems revealed that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support and for testing and evaluation, training, and plans for future enhancements. Evaluating current UAV systems reveals that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support. Here, the authors focus on current support postures and evaluate methods for improving current postures that may also be applied to future systems. Areas the Air Force should consider for future developments include budgeting to resolve issues that arise during testing and evaluation, training issues, and planning for standardization with future use of spiral development.

Describes a prototype research tool for determining manpower and equipment deployment requirements; The Air Force's transition from a threat-based to a capabilities-based planning posture suggests the need to calculate swiftly the manpower and equipment required to generate those capabilities. This book outlines just such a methodology for determining deployment requirements. The methodology employs a prototype research tool--the Strategic Tool for the Analysis of Required Transportation (Start)--which generates lists of capability units required to support a user-specified operation. The appendix serves as a user's guide to the Start program

One-liner: When is it more cost efficient to replace an aircraft rather than continue to maintain it? 450-character abstract: The report presents a model of the repair-replace decision for aging aircraft and data describing the C-5A cargo aircraft. The authors examine the decision whether to modify or retire the C-5A fleet. They also extend the modeling approach to evaluate prospective investment in additional depot-level capacity. The study's preliminary conclusion is that the C-5A's planned reliability enhancement and re-engining program modification is worthwhile if it occurs soon.