02757cam a2200493 i 4500001001900000003000500019005001700024008004100041010001800082020003500100027001900135035002000154037002200174040001900196043001200215050002100227100002600248245010100274264003700375300004700412336002600459337002600485337002800511338003600539338002700575490005000602500002500652504005200677520092300729530005801652610007701710610004801787610004701835610005401882650003801936650002601974650003802000700003102038710006002069710002202129710003102151856006202182999001902244rnd000000000111386RAND20200811100859.0040621s2004    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a   2004005316  a0833035673 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aRAND/MG-176-AF  a(Sirsi) a454072  c$20.00fpaperback  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---00aUG633b.S58 20041 aSnyder, Don.eauthor.12aA methodology for determining Air Force deployment requirements /cDon Snyder and Patrick Mills. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c2004.  axxviii, 71 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aSupporting air and space expeditionary forces  a"Project Air Force."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).  aThe 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.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.10aUnited States.bAir ForcexEquipmentxMaintenance and repairvDatabases.10aUnited States.bAir ForcexForeign service.10aUnited States.bAir ForcexGround support.10aUnited States.bAir ForcexOperational readiness. 0aAirlift, MilitaryzUnited States. 0aDeployment (Strategy) 0aMilitary planningzUnited States.1 aMills, Patrick H.eauthor.2 aProject Air Force (U.S.).bResource Management Program.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bAir Force.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG176/  c598900d598900