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McGarvey t Thomas Light t Brent Thomas t Ricardo Sanchez PROJECT AIR FORCE REPORT Commercial Intratheater Airlift Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Use in U.S. Central Command Ronald G. McGarvey • Thomas Light • Brent Thomas • Ricardo Sanchez Prepared for the United States Air Force Approved for public release; distribution unlimited PROJECT AIR FORCE The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract FA7014-06-C-0001. Further information may be obtained from the Strategic Planning Division, Directorate of Plans, Hq USAF. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McGarvey, Ronald G. Commercial intratheater airlift : cost-effectiveness analysis of use in U.S. Central Command / Ronald G. McGarvey, Thomas Light, Brent Thomas, Ricardo Sanchez. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8330-7837-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Airlift, Military— United States—Costs—Evaluation. 2. Airlift, Military—Contracting out—United States—Evaluation. 3. United States. Central Command. I. Light, Thomas, Ph. D. II. Thomas, Brent. III. Sanchez, Ricardo R., 1979- IV. Title. V. Title: CITA, cost-effectiveness analysis of use in US CENTCOM. UC333.M35 2013 358.4'40681—dc23 2013004955 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R® is a registered trademark. © Copyright 2013 RAND Corporation Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Copies may not be duplicated for commercial purposes. Unauthorized posting of RAND documents to a non-RAND website is prohibited. RAND documents are protected under copyright law. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit the RAND permissions page (http://www.rand.org/publications/ permissions.html). Published 2013 by the RAND Corporation 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2665 RAND URL: http://www.rand.org To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: Preface Te Department of Defense (DoD) has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on commercial intratheater airlift (CITA) movements in the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility. Tis is notable, beyond simply the magnitude of the expenditures, because intratheater airlift within a combat theater of operation is typically assumed to be a mission performed by military aircraft; indeed, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has deployed a number of C-130s and C-17s to USCENTCOM in support of this specifc mission. Although some of the motivations provided for the use of CITA in this particular case (that is, within USCENTCOM) are inherently noneconomic, the analysis detailed in this report aims to answer the following question: Were these expenditures on CITA cost-efective, relative to the cost of performing these same movements on USAF-organic aircraft? Tat is, did DoD get a “good value” on these purchases? To answer that question, we frst had to iden- tify how to measure cost-efectiveness of CITA. We then examined whether the use of CITA should have been expanded or reduced, relative to the historical experience. Te research described in this report was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE for a project titled “A Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF)– Like Concept for Intratheater Lift: Approaches and Efects on Requirements,” sponsored by Maj Gen Brooks Bash, former Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command. Tis report should be of interest to mobility planners, logisticians, and contracting per- sonnel throughout DoD, in particular those associated with U.S. Transportation Command. RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of the RAND Corporation, is the U.S. Air Force’s federally funded research and development center for studies and analyses. PAF pro- vides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy alternatives afecting the development, employment, combat readiness, and support of current and future air, space, and cyber forces. Research is conducted in four programs: Force Modernization and Employment; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine. Additional information about PAF is available on our website: http://www.rand.org/paf/ iii Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii ChAPTer One Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ChAPTer TwO ITA in USCenTCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Level of ITA Utilization in USCENTCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ChAPTer Three Determining Cost-efectiveness of CITA Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A Cost Model for TEP Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cost of Charter Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cost Model for USAF Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Optimization Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ChAPTer FOUr results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Optimization Using Assets Available in USCENTCOM in 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Optimization if Additional USAF Assets Are Made Available in USCENTCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Doubling the Number of C-130s Available in USCENTCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Doubling the Number of C-17s Available in USCENTCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Sensitivity Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ChAPTer FIve Conclusions and Potential extensions to research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Potential Extensions to Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 v vi Commercial Intratheater Airlift: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Use in U.S. Central Command APPenDIxeS A. Data Merging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 B. evaluation of the Teater express Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 C. estimating the Full Marginal Costs of Utilizing C-130 Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 D. Te Commercial Intratheater Airlift Optimization Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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