United States Marine Corps aerial refueling requirements analysis
Authors
Gates, William R.
McCarthy, Mitchell J.
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2000
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IEEE
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Abstract
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) currently operates a fleet of KC130 aerial refueling tanker aircraft. This paper uses queuing and simulation models to examine the USMC KC130 tanker requirement, contrasts the results and explores the budgetary implications of alternative fleet requirements. This analysis finds that queuing models don't account for some of the complexities of aerial refueling operations. Therefore, queuing models may miscalculate the KC130 requirement. Simulation models give a more accurate depiction of actual KC130 requirement. Further, by incorrectly specifying the requirement the USMC could be faced with significant operational and budgetary implications.
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Systems Management
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Proceedings - 2000 Winter Simulation Conference, Joines J. A., Barton, R. R., Kang, K. and Fishwick, P. A., ed., pp. 1075-1081.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.