Strategic Airlift: Doing More with Less.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the United States military strategic airlift system and its capability to employ combat forces worldwide. History has shown, many wars have been won or lost as a result of, or lack of, logistics. The key to success is to rapidly deploy and concentrate combat power in the area of operations. This requires a tremendous amount of strategic resources to project such power Power projection, in airlift terms, is measured in "Million Ton Miles per Day". It is a mathematical calculation based on several variables such as payload, utilization rate and airspeed. If the United States Transportation Command is to meet worldwide threats in a timely manner, then is imperative the Joint Force Commander maximizes strategic airlift efficiency with emphasis on operational planning. Airlift shortfalls must be offset by (1) am early identification of theater requirements and an effective plan of action, (2) improving operational plans by pre-planning unit mobilization requirements. This will enable the United States Transportation Command to accomplish the mission in an efficient manner.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 1995
Accession Number
ADA293403

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Retallick

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Artillery
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Operations
  • Mobility
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

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