With the limited number of intertheater aircraft available to support the huge number of global
airlift requirements, this makes sense in most cases.
Many organizations articulate versions of
airlift requirements based on subjective guesses about future scenarios.
Since the TSV can carry approximately 7 times as much as the C-17 and 24 times as much as the C-130, it had the added benefit of reducing intratheater
airlift requirements elsewhere in the theater.
In contrast, simply using the FSL option with no reduction in order and ship time (O&ST = Baselines) lowered the single-deployment
airlift requirement by nearly 24 percent.
strategic
airlift requirement at more than 54 MTM-D.
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) relies on the C-130 to support a myriad of tactical
airlift requirements, from regional peacekeeping exercises to delivering much-needed resources to countries and communities afflicted by natural disasters.
Airbus Defence and Space will display a model of the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), the most modern aircraft for military services' in-flight refuelling and
airlift requirementsLarge jet military aircraft like the Lockheed C--141 Starlifter were introduced during the Vietnam War but not until July 1967 would a sufficient number of C--141 aircraft become available for the Air Force to satisfy all of its global
airlift requirements including the Vietnam/Southeast Asia routes.
• Satisfying Strategic
Airlift Requirements in NATO
Short Range--552 medium-sized passenger aircraft that support near offshore
airlift requirementsOut of concern over the uncertainty of the Afghanistan drawdown, air carriers asked USTRANSCOM to provide better fidelity of future
airlift requirements. The Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) EWG addressed this issue and now USTRANSCOM provides long-range forecasts and monthly passenger flow estimates.