Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components
By: Albert A. Robbert ; prepared for the United States Air Force
Contributors: Project Air Force (U.S.); Rand Corporation
Series: Technical report -- TR-1275-AF; Technical report (Rand Corporation) -- TR-1275-AF.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780833076663
Subjects: Appropriations and expenditures; Evaluation; Management; Costs; Operational readiness; United States. Air Force; United States; United States. Air Force Reserve
Description: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix.
Notes: "Approved for public release; distribution inlimited."

"Rand Project Air Force"

Includes bibliographical references (page 67).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Costs and outputs; title: Cost structures and alternative mixes; title: Perspectives and insights.