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020 _a0833078070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a9780833078070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
027 _aRAND/RR-124-AF
037 _c$29.95
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040 _aCstmoR
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043 _an-us---
050 4 _aUG1242.F5
_bA88 2013
245 0 0 _aAssessment of beddown alternatives for the F-35 /
_cRonald G. McGarvey ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2013.
300 _axxxi, 109 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND Project Air Force."
500 _a"This researchwas conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND PAF"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 107-109).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Deployment Requirements -- Pilot Absorption -- Logistics Resources -- Infrastructure -- Leadership Development -- Conclusions.
520 _aAs 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force
_xAppropriations and expenditures.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force
_xReorganization.
650 0 _aF-35 (Jet fighter plane)
_xCosts.
700 1 _aMcGarvey, Ronald G.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBigelow, James H.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBriggs, Gary.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBuryk, Peter.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aConley, Raymond E.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aDrew, John G.,
_d1956-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aFiroz, Perry Shameem.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aKim, Julie.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMenthe, Lance.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMoore, S. Craig,
_d1946-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aTaylor, William W.,
_d1938-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aWilliams, William A.,
_d1952-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bResource Management Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR124.html
999 _c597046
_d597046