Effects of Contoured Pallets on AMC Mission Efficiency

Abstract

Pallets airlifted on Boeing 747s and MD-11s in fiscal year 2009 were analyzed to determine the effects of redistributing cargo from full cubes to contoured shapes. Specifically, the research analyzed the possibility of structuring pallet build strategies that would ensure that MD-11 missions were not cancelled due to lack of available contour-compatible cargo while other, full-cubed cargo was available. Missions were tracked on these airframes between Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Data was obtained from Air Mobility Command and then used to construct four different models to examine the effects of redistribution. The data consisted of over 22,000 pallets moved on over 600 missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA548019

Entities

People

  • James R. Hanford

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cancellation
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Department Of Defense
  • Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

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