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Military Airlift | RAND Strategic Airlift in Africa: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for the Movement Coordination Centre Europe (MCCE) and Member Nations The Movement Coordination Centre Europe commissioned RAND Europe to conduct a scoping study to understand constraints of operating in Africa, as well as barriers to the efficient coordination of airlift and other logistic support in the continent This
Worldwide C-17 Availability to Support 82nd Airborne Operations from . . . This report explores C-17 availability and determines how quickly these aircraft and their aircrews can reach and depart from Fort Bragg Pope Field, where the 82nd Airborne Division operates, from the many locations they are deployed to worldwide
Enhanced Army Airborne Forces: A New Joint Operational Capability | RAND RAND examined options to increase the mobility, protection, and firepower of U S Army airborne forces, given likely future missions and threats, and identified a concept for enhancing today's forces by adding a light armored infantry capability The near-term focus also meant that the current Air Force airlift fleet was an important consideration, since Army airborne forces rely on Air Force
The Civil Reserve Air Fleet and Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm . . . This report investigates the activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), which the Military Airlift Command (predecessor of the Airlift Mobility Command) called up for the first time at the start of Operation Desert ShKî#Râ÷³Î "Eé þ ùÆ¡Ä ac¨= ¢ Úâ
Cargo Density and Airlift | RAND A presentation of the results of previous RAND studies concerned with variations in the density of air cargo and the effects of these variations on aircraft design, aircraft capacity estimates, airlift operations, and airlift costs
The challenges and opportunities of strategic airlift in Africa A complex mix of global and geographically specific challenges inhibit the coordination and optimisation for airlift into the African theatre Researchers explored the potential use of other modes of transport to create multi-modal solutions
Amping Airpower—Electric Vertical Takeoff and . . . - RAND Corporation Researchers evaluated the utility the U S Air Force might get from electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, how much influence the Air Force has on technical development and supply chains, and options to transition emerging commercial technology to the Air Force
The Civil Reserve Air Fleet and Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm . . . This report investigates the activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), which the Military Airlift Command (predecessor of the Airlift Mobility Command) called up for the first time at the start of Operation Desert Shield
Enabling the Global Response Force: Access Strategies for the 82nd . . . The Global Response Force is built for rapid response to unforeseen operations This study recommends specific GRF access strategies for each geographic combatant command given constraints in aircraft, intermediate staging bases, and other factors