The objective of this thesis was to test the feasibility of using Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) aircraft and C-9 aircraft to deliver wartime casualties to CONUS hospitals. The method of distributing the patients was by a HUB-and-spoke-type system. The distribution system was analyzed under a scenario which represented an intense European conventional war. Casualty inputs into the distribution system were estimated to be approximately 1000 patients per day. The casualty distribution system was modeled using SLAM simulation and FORTRAN computer code. Factors of interest to the Military Airlift Command (MAC) were varied to determine the number of CRAF necessary and the capacity of these CRAF aircraft. In addition, trend analysis of C-9 requirements was accomplished. Results of the simulation analysis indicate that the system developed appears feasible. However, the number of C-9 aircraft necessary to adequately operate the system is in excess of current Air Force CONUS capabilities. The model has additional flexibility. By changing input variables and distribution parameters to fit new environments, the analyst can model different scenarios and types of aircraft. Analysis of hospital beds and their impact on the patient distribution system can also be accomplished.
Wartime CONUS (Continental United States) Casualty Distribution System Using Dedicated Craf Airlift
1985
129 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Clinical Medicine , Aeromedical evacuation , Casualties , Distribution , Military transportation , Air transportation , Hospitals , United states , Commercial aircraft , Air force , Parameters , Fortran , Conventional warfare , Europe , Intensity , Patients , Theses , Input , Variables , Environments , Simulation languages , Transport aircraft , Jet transport aircraft , Computerized simulation , Military reserves , Scenarios , Feasibility studies , CRAF(Civil Reserve Air Fleet) , C-9 aircraft , SLAM simulation
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