Report
Robust and Resilient Logistics Operations in a Degraded Information Environment
The U.S. Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to examine how tactics, techniques, and procedures should change to improve an airman's ability to detect, evaluate, and mitigate significant corruption of logistics data.
Nov 22, 2017
Report
Project AIR FORCE Modeling Capabilities for Support of Combat Operations in Denied Environments
Documents the modeling framework Project AIR FORCE developed to evaluate combat support requirements, basing posture vulnerabilities, operational resilience, and potential mitigation strategies to support combat operations in a denied environment.
Jul 7, 2015
Report
Sustaining the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Mission
This report proposes a double-layered framework for efficiently integrating and managing the sustainment activities of the U.S. Air Force nuclear enterprise in the face of reduced funding and a smaller force structure.
Jul 31, 2013
Report
Improving Joint Expeditionary Medical Planning Tools Based on a Patient Flow Approach
The authors propose a planning concept for U.S. military expeditionary medical care that promotes patient flow rate as the common unit of measurement for treatment and evacuation functions.
Apr 24, 2012
Report
How Should Air Force Expeditionary Medical Capabilities Be Expressed?
A new metric for measuring expeditionary medical support based on the medical STEP rate of each component of the system -- a more accurate measure of capability than the current measure, number of beds.
Feb 24, 2009
Report
Sense and Respond Logistics: Integrating Prediction, Responsiveness, and Control Capabilities
This monograph identifies the elements of sense and respond combat support and shows what is necessary to use the concept within the Air Force.
Nov 22, 2006
Research Brief
"Sense and Respond" Capabilities Can Make the Air Force Combat Support System More Agile
This research brief summarizes a promising approach -- sense and respond combat support -- to distributing materiel to fielded forces as they need them and to adapting quickly to changing operational needs.
Nov 16, 2006
Research Brief
Positioning War Reserve Materiel Requires a Flexible, Global Approach
This research brief summarizes strategies for positioning war reserve materiel so that it can support a variety of future combat operations at minimal cost and maximum speed.
Aug 31, 2006
Report
Evaluation of Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing
Presents an analytic framework and model for evaluating options for overseas combat support basing.
Aug 8, 2006
Research Brief
Balancing Rapid Acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Support Considerations
This research brief describes work documented in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations (MG-350-AF).
Dec 19, 2005
Research Brief
New Analytic Tools Evaluate Overseas Combat Support Basing Options for the U.S. Air Force
RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) developed a set of analytic tools that can be used to evaluate various storage options to meet a given set of operational scenarios.
Nov 25, 2005
Report
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations
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.
Oct 5, 2005
Research Brief
Centralized Maintenance Can Improve Combat Support in the Air and Space Expeditionary Force
Military aircraft maintenance is an area of special concern because of the large amount of facilities, equipment, and personnel needed to keep aircraft operational during a conflict.
2004
Report
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Analysis of Combat Support Basing Options
Evaluates global forward support locations (FSLs) for storing war reserve materiel and presents a framework for evaluating FSL options.
2004
Report
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Analysis of Maintenance Forward Support Location Operations
Examines the development and recent implementation of maintenance forward support locations, also known as Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities.
2004
Report
Reconfiguring Footprint to Speed Expeditionary Aerospace Forces Deployment
This report offers recommendations on how to speed deployment of forces and equipment to bases by streamlining support processes.
2003
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: Engine Maintenance Systems Evaluation (EnMasse)-A User's Guide
A new simulation model will help the U.S. Air Force better understand its jet engine intermediate maintenance system.
2003
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: Alternatives for Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance
Evaluates the manner in which Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM) shops can best be configured to facilitate deployments from the continental United States to appropriate forward operating locations worldwide on a short notice.
2002
Report
Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century
This report draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore both the challenges and opportunities that the U.S. Air Force faces as it strives to support the nation's interests in a challenging technological and security environment.
2002
Research Brief
Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance for Expeditionary Operations
JEIM shop traditionally has been located with the fighter unit it supports. Expeditionary requirements for quick deployment have led the U.S. Air Force to consider whether intermediate maintenance ought to be centralized.
2002
Journal Article
A Cutting Plane Algorithm for Linear Reverse Convex Programs
In this paper, global optimization of linear programs with an additional reverse convex constraint is considered.
2001
Journal Article
Expeditionary Operations: Intermediate Engine Maintenance Alternatives
Options for Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM) structures for F100 engines on F-15 and F-16 aircraft and TF-34 engines on A-10 aircraft.
2001
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: A Concept for Evolving the Agile Combat Support/Mobility System of the Future
The Air Force has begun to reorganize into an Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF). This report summarizes RAND work to date on designing and evaluating the future agile combat system and mobility system needed to meet EAF operational objectives.
2000
Journal Article
Strategy 2000: Alternate Munitions Prepositioning
The Air Force has a substantial amount of munitions prepositoned in Southwest Asia and aboard ships in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
2000
Journal Article
Determining Optimal Pollution Control Policies: An Application of Bilevel Programming
This paper presents two optimization models for hazardous waste capacity planning and treatment facility locations.
1999
Journal Article
Expeditionary Airpower: A Vision for Agile Combat Support
To a large extent, success of Expeditionary Aerospace Forces depends on turning the current combat support system into one that is much more agile.
1999
Journal Article
A Global Optimization Method for Nonlinear Bilevel Programming Problems
Nonlinear two-level programming deals with optimization problems in which the constraint region is implicitly determined by another problem.
1999
Journal Article
A Decision Support System for Regional Hazardous Waste Management Alternatives
The authors consider the problem of regional hazardous waste in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California.
1998
Journal Article
A Subdivisional Scheme for Linear Programs with an Additional Reverse Convex Constraint
In this paper, global optimization of linear programs with an additional reverse convex program is considered.
1998