United States Marine Corps Aerial Refueling Requirements Analysis

Abstract

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) currently operates a fleet of KC130 aerial refueling tanker aircraft. This paper uses queuing and simulation models to examine the USMC KC130 tanker requirement, contrasts the results and explores the budgetary implications of alternative fleet requirements. This analysis finds that queuing models don't account for some of the complexities of aerial refueling operations. Therefore, queuing models may miscalculate the KC130 requirement. Simulation models give a more accurate depiction of actual KC130 requirement. Further, by incorrectly specifying the requirement the USMC could be faced with significant operational and budgetary implications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA527422

Entities

People

  • Mitchell J. Mccarthy
  • William R. Gates

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Contrast
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Logistics
  • Marine Corps
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Refueling
  • Refueling In Flight
  • Simulations
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Steady State
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.