Forecasting MV-22 Aerial Refueling Training Missions for 2D Marine Aircraft Wing

Abstract

The MV-22 "Osprey" was designed as a "medium-lift" replacement for the Marine Corps CH-46E "Sea Knight" and CH-53D "Sea Stallion" helicopters. The MV-22's tilt-rotor technology will allow it to exploit the operational envelopes of both helicopters and turbo-prop aircraft. This expanded performance envelope, along with the capability to conduct aerial refueling, will allow a MV-22 lifted force to influence future operations through an increase in range and speed. This thesis quantifies the impact that fielding the MV-22 within the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) will have on its KC- 130 squadrons. This impact arises from the MV- 22's capability to receive fuel in-flight (aerial refuel). Since the CH-46E and CH-53D could not aerial refuel, their pilots did not have a need to conduct aerial refueling training, and thus

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA373793

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Stevenson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Wings
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Refueling In Flight
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Tilt Wings
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Electrical Engineering