02726cam a2200481 i 4500 rnd000000000111386 RAND 20200811100859.0 040621s2004 caua b 000 0 eng d 2004005316 0833035673 (pbk. : alk. paper) RAND/MG-176-AF (Sirsi) a454072 $20.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UG633 .S58 2004 Snyder, Don. author. A methodology for determining Air Force deployment requirements / Don Snyder and Patrick Mills. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004. xxviii, 71 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier Supporting air and space expeditionary forces "Project Air Force." Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71). The Air Force's transition from a threat-based planning posture to a capabilities-based planning posture suggests the need for a means to calculate swiftly the manpower and equipment required to generate those capabilities. This book outlines just such a methodology for determining manpower and equipment deployment requirements. The methodology employs a prototype research tool called the Strategic Tool for the Analysis of Required Transportation (START). The START program generates lists of capability units, called Unit Type Codes, which are required to support a user-specified operation. The program also estimates materiel movement requirements to achieve initial operating capability at deployed locations. The appendix to this book serves as a user's guide to the START program. A fully implemented tool based on this prototype should prove to be useful for both deliberate planning crisis-action planning. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. United States. Air Force Equipment Maintenance and repair Databases. United States. Air Force Foreign service. United States. Air Force Ground support. United States. Air Force Operational readiness. Airlift, Military United States. Deployment (Strategy) Military planning United States. Mills, Patrick H. author. Project Air Force (U.S.). Resource Management Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. Online Access http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG176/ 598900 598900