Aircraft selection modeling: a multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives

Jacob D. Maywald, Adam D. Reiman, Robert E. Overstreet () and Alan W. Johnson
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Jacob D. Maywald: Air Force Institute of Technology
Adam D. Reiman: Air Force Institute of Technology
Robert E. Overstreet: Iowa State University
Alan W. Johnson: Air Force Institute of Technology

Annals of Operations Research, 2019, vol. 274, issue 1, No 20, 425-445

Abstract: Abstract We consider the use of the new C-130J-30 aircraft for long distance (strategic) cargo movement. Currently, only large aircraft, the C-5 and the C-17, are identified as strategic airlift assets by the United States Air Force. Our mathematical model identifies all logical airframe combinations to perform a cargo movement given a set of constraints. Using previously developed routing algorithms and fuel metrics, we evaluated the combinations and calculated the potential savings had the most fuel efficient combination been selected. Analyzing 1 month of historic data for four long distance routes, our proposed model suggests that savings could have been more than one million dollars.

Keywords: Air mobility planning; Aircraft selection modeling; Analysis of alternatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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