03651cam a2200565 i 4500 261528026 RAND 20200811100753.0 090327s2013 caua b 000 0 eng d 0833078070 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780833078070 (pbk. : alk. paper) RAND/RR-124-AF $29.95 paperback CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UG1242.F5 A88 2013 Assessment of beddown alternatives for the F-35 / Ronald G. McGarvey ... [et al.]. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013. xxxi, 109 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "RAND Project Air Force." "This researchwas conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND PAF"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109). Introduction -- Deployment Requirements -- Pilot Absorption -- Logistics Resources -- Infrastructure -- Leadership Development -- Conclusions. As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increase the number of Primary Aerospace Vehicles Authorized (PAA) per combat-coded squadron, with a resulting reduction in the number of F-35 combat-coded squadrons. RAND explored the impact of increasing the PAA per squadron, adjusting the mix of PAA across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of the Active Component PAA assigned to home-station locations in the continental United States. Researchers considered 28 beddown alternatives, with a maximum of 36 PAA per squadron, and determined that all beddowns could satisfy surge deployment requirements and most could also satisfy rotational requirements within specified deploy-to-dwell ratios. Increasing squadron size was determined to significantly reduce (a) the flying costs necessary to achieve pilot absorption requirements, (b) maintenance manpower requirements, and (c) total support equipment procurement costs, while little additional infrastructure capacity would be required under any of the 28 basing alternatives considered. Additional analysis suggested that assignment policy would have more effect on leader development than either squadron size or the active-reserve mix. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Air Force Appropriations and expenditures. United States. Air Force Reorganization. F-35 (Jet fighter plane) Costs. McGarvey, Ronald G. author. Bigelow, James H. author. Briggs, Gary. author. Buryk, Peter. author. Conley, Raymond E. author. Drew, John G., 1956- author. Firoz, Perry Shameem. author. Kim, Julie. author. Menthe, Lance. author. Moore, S. Craig, 1946- author. Taylor, William W., 1938- author. Williams, William A., 1952- author. Project Air Force (U.S.). Resource Management Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR124.html 597046 597046