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Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable
Continuing a sequence of RAND Corporation reports considering aging aircraft and the decision whether to repair or to replace them, this report presents a model of the repair-replace decision and data describing the C-5A cargo aircraft. In the report, the authors examine the decision whether to modify or retire the C-5A fleet. They also extend the modeling approach to evaluate prospective investment in additional depot-level capacity. The study’s preliminary conclusions are that the C-5A’s planned reliability enhancement and re-engining program modification is worthwhile if it occurs soon, as are investments in its depot-level capacity. The U.S. Air Force highly values an available C-5A year. Hence, the model is averse to large-scale queuing and delay in the C-5A maintenance system.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Modeling the Decision to Repair or Replace an Aging Aircraft
Chapter Three:
The C-5A Modification Versus Replacement Decision
Chapter Four:
Consideration of C-5A Depot-Level Capacity
Chapter Five:
Conclusions
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