Estimating operating and support models for US Air Force Aircraft
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Wu, Ming-Cheng.
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Hildebrandt, Gregory G.
Liao, Shu S.
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2000-03-01
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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The USAF Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Cost (VAMOSC) system is an information system which reports historical O&S costs of Air Force weapon systems. Source data for VAMOSC comes from a number of USAF financial, logistics, inventory, and operating systems. This centralization and consolidation of O&S cost data provides information that helps weapon system managers and planners make better decisions for DoD and USAF in the operation, maintenance, and management of weapon systems. In earlier analysis, flyaway costs, flying hours, number of aircraft and aircraft fleet age were identified as important variables for explaining and predicting O&S Costs. The earlier models need to be re-estimated to determine whether aircraft types and operation mission types are applicable and how they have separate effects on O&S costs. This thesis shows that the structure of the earlier models continues to be applicable. The models, therefore, are a useful tool for understanding the determinants of O&S cost
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xiv, 62 p.;28 cm.