Changes to the Air Force's Policy for Calculating Wartime Spares Requirements

Abstract

The report describes changes to Air Force wartime reparable spares, requirements computations that enabled the Air Force to fly its planned wartime tasking while reducing the buy requirement. Changes include using availability targets on multiple days of a conflict, setting targets based on planned wartime tasking, eliminating minimum buy quantities (except for hard-to-cannibalize items), and setting new levels once resupply is available. Wartime spares requirements, Pipeline floor, Direct support objectives, Sustaining wartime requisitioning objective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270722

Entities

People

  • Virginia A. Mattern

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Algorithms
  • Cannibalization
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Deployment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Spare Parts
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.