Optimal CV-22 Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility Locations and Parts Repair

<p>The CV-22 Osprey is a revolutionary weapon system that is currently being fielded by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). It is a tilt-rotor aircraft that combines the speed of a conventional fixed wing turboprop aircraft with the flexibility of a helicopter. At the same time the US Air Force logistics enterprise is turning more and more to centralized aircraft maintenance. The term for these centralized maintenance facilities is centralized intermediate repair facilities or CIRF. The Headquarters AFSOC logistics directorate (A-4) is interested in determining where CIRF(s) for the CV-22 should be located and what parts should be repaired at a CIRF versus at the base where the aircraft is stationed. This research study analyzed cost and transportation time data to identify recommended CIRF locations. It also analyzed historical failure and demand data for particular CV-22 parts to determine which parts are candidates for CIRF repair and what stock levels should be established at the bases so that parts are available to repair the aircraft while the CIRF repairs failed parts.</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>