Tankering fuel on U.S. Air Force transport aircraft : an assessment of cost savings / Tanguy Hubert, Christopher Guo, Christopher A. Mouton, James D. Powers.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hubert, Tanguy, author.

Guo, Christopher, author.

Mouton, Christopher A., author.

Powers, James D., author.

Contributor:

Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body.

United States. Air Force, sponsoring body.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes, Military--United States--Fuel consumption.

Airplanes, Military.

Transport planes--United States--Fuel consumption.

Transport planes.

Fuel--Costs.

Fuel.

United States. Air Force--Cost control.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Fuel.

Physical Description:

xvii, 45 pages : illustrations (some color), color map

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2015.

Summary:

The authors analyze the practice of tankering fuel, which seeks to lower total fuel costs by having aircraft carry excess fuel when traveling from locations where fuel is cheaper than it is at the destination. To determine whether savings might be achieved, historical flying patterns, fuel prices, and other factors are examined for the C-5, C-17, and C-130 aircraft. The authors examine the changing potential for future cost savings as Air Mobility Command transitions from wartime to peacetime operations. They also discuss the four different price regimes in place at the Defense Logistics Agency, the agency that purchases fuel on behalf of the Department of Defense, and fluctuating market rates. Their research compares the fuel costs of more than 94,700 flights completed without tankering during FY 2012 with estimated costs of those same flights if they had tankered fuel to the maximum extent possible.

Notes:

"Rand Project Air Force."

"Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for public release ; distribution unlimited."