Central Command Rest and Recuperation Hub-to-Hub Airlift Network Analysis

<p>The primary purpose of this research effort was to discover the efficiency and effectiveness of the historical hub-to-hub R and R airlift network. This study analyzed the hub-to-hub aircraft efficiency rates and introduced capacity changes in the airlift network with the use of Arena simulation to improve network performance. Furthermore this study created simple heuristic options for the future airlift framework required to meet USCENTCOM's forecasted R and R transportation demand under the premise of a CY11 country 1 drawdown and an upscale of combat and support forces within country 2. There were several important outcomes of this research effort. First this study designed the future framework for R and R airlift passenger operations with a focus on leveraging simple heuristics to increase intertheater commercial aircraft utilization to 89.7 percent while also adding four additional weekly sorties in the strategic port to intratheater hub routes. As a result this study demonstrated that passenger velocity at the strategic port could be increased by 20.6 hours on the average and 24.9 hours at the 90th percentile with a decrease in the transient passenger footprint at the strategic port by 215 passengers on the average.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>