Sizing Mobility Readiness Spares Packages for Today's Warfighting Units

<p>As the Air Force transforms from a garrisoned force into a light expeditionary force one area for restructuring is the manner in which mobility readiness spares packages (MRSPs) are managed and stocked. For a war tasking thirty days supply is typically deployed in a MRSP as it is assumed that there will be no re-supply for thirty days. Studies of combat operations from the past decade suggest that thirty days without re-supply is an outdated assumption. The objective of this thesis is to economically build a robust MRSP that is flexible enough to provide adequate support for a variety of squadron sizes at least through day 20 of a war. Faster establishment of a reliable resupply pipeline is the key to successfully implementing such a MRSP. This research focused on three different weapon-systems; the A-10 F-15E and F-16C. Through use of the Aircraft Sustainability Model smaller MRSPs are constructed which have the ability to adequately support squadron sizes of 12 18 and 24 aircraft based on their ability to maintain aircraft availability goals without generating excessive amounts of expected backorders.</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><br>