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Intratheater Airlift
Functional Area
Analysis (FAA)
David T. Orletsky, Anthony D. Rosello, John Stillion
Prepared for the United States Air Force
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Orletsky, David T., 1963-
Intratheater airlift functional area analysis (FAA) / David T. Orletsky,
Anthony D. Rosello, John Stillion.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8330-4417-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Airlift, Military—United States—Planning. 2. Transportation, Military—
United States. 3. United States. Air Force—Transportation. I. Rosello, Anthony D.
II. Stillion, John. III. Title.
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Preface
This functional area analysis (FAA) for U.S. Air Force intratheater air-
lift is the first in a series of documents RAND Project AIR FORCE
is producing that together constitute a capabilities-based assessment
(CBA) required as part of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Devel-
opment System (JCIDS). According to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3170.01E, an FAA identifies the opera-
tional tasks, conditions, and standards needed to achieve military
objectives.1 Two other elements of the JCIDS process will follow: the
functional needs analysis (FNA) and the functional solution analysis
(FSA).2 The research described in this monograph was sponsored by
Maj Gen Thomas P. Kane, Director, Plans and Programs, Headquar-
ters, Air Mobility Command (AMC), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
(HQ AMC/A5). The work was conducted within the Force Modern-
ization and Employment Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE as
part of a fiscal year 2006 study, “Improving Air-Ground Integration,
Interoperability, and Interdependence.”
1 CJCSI 3170.01E, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, May 11, 2005,
p. A-4.
2 John Stillion, David T. Orletsky, and Anthony D. Rosello, Intratheater Airlift Functional
Needs Analysis (FNA), Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, MG-822-AF, 2011, and
David T. Orletsky, Daniel M. Norton, Anthony D. Rosello, William Stanley, Michael Ken-
nedy, Michael Boito, Brian G. Chow, and Yool Kim, Intratheater Airlift Functional Solution
Analysis (FSA), Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, MG-818-AF, 2011.
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Contents
Preface ............................................................................. iii
Figure and Tables ................................................................vii
Summary .......................................................................... ix
Acknowledgments ..............................................................xiii
Abbreviations .....................................................................xv
ChAPTeR One
Introduction, Purpose, and Scope ............................................. 1
ChAPTeR TwO
Guidance Documents ............................................................ 5
JCIDS Process Guidance .......................................................... 5
Sources and Guidance ............................................................. 6
National Security Strategy ...................................................... 6
National Defense Strategy ...................................................... 7
Joint Operations Concepts Family of Documents ........................... 7
Relevant JFCs and JICs ..........................................................13
JFCs ..............................................................................13
JICs ...............................................................................17
The U.S. Air Force Transformation Flight Plan 2004 ..........................21
Global Mobility CONOPS ..................................................... 23
The Air Mobility Master Plan .................................................. 24
Army Vision .......................................................................25
ChAPTeR ThRee
Operational Mission Areas .................................................... 27
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ChAPTeR FOuR
Scenarios and Operational environment ...................................31
Planning Scenarios ................................................................31
Historical Experience .............................................................32
Critical Variables of the Operational Environment ...........................33
ChAPTeR FIve
Tasks ...............................................................................37
ChAPTeR SIx
Concluding Remarks: Tasks, Conditions, and Standards ...............41
Bibliography ......................................................................45
Figure and Tables
Figure
2.1. JOpsC Family of Documents ......................................10
Tables
S.1. Tasks and Mission Areas Applicable to This CBA ............... xi
2.1. Move the Joint Force Operational Tasks ..........................19
2.2. Sustain the Joint Force ..............................................19
4.1. Variables Describing Operational Environment .................35
5.1. Universal Joint Task List ........................................... 38
5.2. Air Force Master Capabilities Library ............................ 40
6.1. Tasks and Mission Areas Applicable to This CBA .............. 42
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