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Military Air Operations Planning and Battle Management

5. Results Data

http://www.military-airplanner.com/results.htm

1. AIRPLAN^© results data are displayed on 13 pages, some with graphs. More than 70 output data items per mission include:
(please scroll down this page)

• No. of Aircraft required to complete all & individual missions, taking account of aircraft serviceability rates.
• No. of aircraft sorties and flight hours required to complete all missions.
• Airlift completion times and No. of aircraft and crews required.
• Fleet utilisation (%) compared with the maximum possible, given sufficient crews
• Aircraft & fuel requirements, and statistically predicted A/c and Sorties lost due to Attrition.
• Average No. of aircraft on the ground or on board ship, on turnaround, unserviceable or not utilised.
• Warnings are displayed when mission definition inputs exceed the performance of the aircraft.
• Date/Time Schedules and the Mission Identities of all Sorties flown on Patrols, and to Targets and Destinations.
• Abbreviated Results Summaries for missions to both Patrol areas and Targets or Destinations.
• A/c & Simulator Requirements for Crew Continuation Training.
• Logistics - Consumable Requirements, and the Cargo mass airlifted.

Please scroll up & go
Cell 2 Results Data,
in the right-hand column

2. Results Data outputs on Crew Requirements include:

• Crews required for the entire Mission Scenario, and for each radius & each patrol or target
• Whether or not Back-to-Back (Double) sorties are possible and advantageous
• Crews required to fly sorties Back-to-Back
• Slip Crew requirements at Staging or Destination airfields, or whenever AIRPLAN calculates they're essential
• Crew-to-Aircraft ratios required
• Warnings are displayed if the demands of any mission exceed Crew constraints
• Flight hours and Sorties per Crew to complete the operation
• Flight hours per Crew over 28 days allowing for post-operation flying at whatever sustained rate is specified
• Crew Rest time between sorties
• Crew Duty time, for each Radius
• Predicted Crew & Sortie Losses due to attrition
• On many Results pages there are Graphs illustrating and comparing crew requirements, aircraft fleet productivity, etc.

Please scroll down and go to
Cell 3, Back-to-Back,
in the left-hand column

3. Back-to-Back Sortie Results include:

• Crew Duty, Crew Cycle and Crew Rest Periods if crews fly two sorties Back-to-Back, with a quick turnaround between each.
• Total Sorties & Double Sorties required
• Aircraft Unit Establishment required
• Crew Flight hours for the operation when flying Back-to-Back sorties
• Comparison of the Crew establishment & the numbers of crews actually required for Single & Double Sorties. Also, illustrated graphically
• Crews required if maximum advantage taken of any Back-to-Back (Double) sortie capability over the Operation & over 28 days.
• Mission, Aircraft & Crew Inputs can be adjusted until an achievable mission scenario has been defined.

Please scroll up & read
from the top of Cell 4,
Outputs, opposite

4. Outputs on Patrol Cover, Fleet Flying Hours, No. of Sorties and Crews required for each Radius and Target Mission:

• Maximum possible Patrol duration at each radius & Patrol hours actually flown
• No. of Sorties at each radius
• Aircraft flying hours to complete the defined operation, and over 28 days
• Average No. Aircraft on the Ground & on Turnaround during the operation.
• The user can alter any of the Crew, Aircraft and Mission Input Variables, and the resultant changes can instantly be seen on Results pages 1-7, Airlift, Timing, Logistics & Training pages.
• The user can also adjust Asset & Mission inputs until an optimum Mission package has been defined.
• A separate Airlift page calculates deployment times etc. (see 6 below).

Please scroll down and read
Cell 5 Sortie Timing Schedules,
below & left

5. Sortie Timing Schedules

The user defines the Date & Time of the Start of the Operation, and the required first On-Task Date/Time or Time on Target, and the last Off-Task Date/Time for each series of sorties. The user also indicates for which Patrol, Destination or Target a timing schedule is required and the Mission Identity No. of the first sortie. AIRPLAN© then automatically calculates, displays & will print out:

• All key information on the Assets and Missions for which timings are required
• Patrol Radius, Distance or Target for which the Sortie Schedule is applicable
• Sortie Identity Nos or Time Slot Nos.
• For each sortie, the:
  • Dates/times at which Crews should report for Briefing
  • Takeoff dates/times
  • On-Task dates/times
  • Off-Task dates/times
  • Landing dates/times
  • For Target/Destination Sorties the identity of the crews selected for particular Sorties can be entered by the user and printed on the Time Schedule, if required.

Please scroll up and read
Cells 6 - 9, opposite.

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6. Airlift Analysis.

Calculates the number of days and sorties to complete any defined airlift, the optimum interval between consecutive sorties, and the date/time by which any designated tonnage will have been delivered (important for humanitarian relief).

7. Summary of Key Results. AIRPLAN^© automatically displays and will print a one-page Summary of all key Results data, or a full printout of all Input & Results pages. On appropriate pages, key messages are illustrated by Graphs

8. Logistics Requirements. The user can specify the Types, Designation and Quantities of consumable stores used, or the mass of Freight/Cargo carried (airlift sorties) per:

• Sortie
• Flight Hour
• Patrol/Sortie Hour, or per
• Day (as appropriate).
• AIRPLAN automatically calculates total quantities consumed

9. The Training Table. Calculates Flight Hours per aircraft, the No. of Simulators & Crew Trainers required for Crew Continuation Training.

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