Authors:Ronald G. McGarvey, James M. Masters, Louis Luang
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: centralized, intermediate, repair, facilities, conus, analysis, air, space, expeditionary, forces, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833042904
ISBN-13: 9780833042903

RAND was asked by the U.S. Air Force to carry out analyses needed to determine alternatives for the use of CONUS Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities (CIRFs) that would provide increased maintenance efficiency (compared with traditional, decentralized structures) without reducing combat support capability. These CIRFs would provide off-equipment repair of propulsion and avionics components for the F-15, F-16, and A/OA-10. RAND developed an optimization-based analytic method for CIRF network design that identifies a range of cost-effective alternatives. Aircraft force structure bed-downs