It has always been important for military commanders to be able to rely on their equipment being available to them during a conflict. Some recent published figures, however, showed that two modern fighter aircraft were only available for missions for 47% or 56% of the time. These figures prompted a study of the causes of unavailability and the development of an availability assessment technique. Initial studies concentrated on determining probability distributions of reliability, maintainability, battle damage repair and attrition. A simple operation simulation model was then derived to show an aircrafts sensitivity to the main availability parameters. This model can be applied to any aircraft type provided that the necessary inputs can be calculated. The simulated operations were as realistic as possible, although many assumptions had to be made. The Operation Simulation Model proved to be a satisfactory means of assessing the effectiveness of a force of aircraft under war time conditions.


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    Title :

    A Combat Aircraft Availability Assessment Technique


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    30 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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