Aircraft Availability: An Acquisition Decision Strategy.
Abstract
Technological complexity in today's USAF weapon systems coupled with the limiting maintenance factors of skilled manpower, ageing aircraft and overburdened logistics support systems have caused aircraft to spend more time in maintenance. By increasing aircraft availability, through decreased maintenance time, additional sorties can be generated, thereby effectively increasing the number of available aircraft. Based on A-10 aircraft data, this thesis determined the statistical significance of relating reduced maintenance time to increased availability. Three measures of availability were investigated: (1) number of sorties generated; (2) number of aircraft waiting to fly; and (3) calculated aircraft availability. Secondly, this thesis quantified the relationship between increased availability and equivalent additional aircraft and investigated the possible use of this relationship as an acquisition decision strategy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA123060
Entities
People
- Larita M. Decker
- Stephen J. Guilfoos
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology