The Impact of Coalition Movements on Airlift Projections

Abstract

Contingency operations in CENTCOM will continue into the foreseeable future. The logistics burden of multinational operations typically falls on the DoD. As a provider of airlift, the United States Transportation Command is critical to operational logistics, including coalition support. Comparing historic coalition movement data provided by the CENTCOM Coalition Coordination Center against the TPFDD, this study investigates the accuracy of USTRANSCOM studies in light of coalition airlift requirements. Analysis indicates that current studies do not account for coalition requirements. Consequently, it is suggested that USTRANSCOM take an approach to tracking coalition airlift in accordance with existing doctrine. That approach should extend U.S. organizations, structures and systems to coalition operations, thereby assuring use of a complete airlift picture to predict future requirements

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546640

Entities

People

  • Todd M Jensen

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Transportation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design