Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from September 2006

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from September 2006

Logistics oil and fuel: war without oil: catalyst for transformation fuel hedging: lessons from the airlines: although the Department of Defense uses approximately 1.8 percent of the 20 million barrels of oil consumed each day in the US, it is the largest single institutional energy customer in the United States and likely the world.(Special Feature)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... "War Without Oil: Catalyst for Transformation" objectively explores the strategic energy leadership role the Department of Defense (DoD) can play within the context of its national defense mission and President Bush's 2006 Advanced Energy...

War without oil: catalyst for transformation.(Special Feature)(Cover story)
September 22, 2006... Introduction Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through...

Fuel hedging: lessons from the airlines.(Special Feature)
September 22, 2006... If we don't hedge jet fuel price risk, we are speculating. It is our fiduciary duty to try and hedge this risk. --Scott Topping, Director, Corporate Finance, Southwest Airlines In 2004, "the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...

Contemporary issues: Risk Analysis: F-16 Block 60 FLIR-Assisted Landing Instruction.
September 22, 2006... One of the tools available to Air Force officers to assist them in safely integrating a new program is Operational Risk Management (ORM). ORM is a six-step process based upon four primary principles--accept no unnecessary risk, make risk...

F-16 Risk Analysis: Block 60 FLIR-Assisted Landing Instruction.
September 22, 2006... Introduction Some of the greatest advances in infrared (IR) technology have occurred in military aviation. Through the use of IR imaging equipment, military aviators are now able to mitigate some of the risks of flying in low light and...

A tabu search approach to the strategic mobility mode selection problem.(INSIDE LOGISTICS: EXPLORING THE HEART OF LOGISTICS)(Report)
September 22, 2006... Introduction The efficient and effective solution to the Strategic Mobility Mode Selection Problem (SMMSP) is essential to the effective and efficient force projection of the US Military. The SM Mode Selection (SMMS) process assigns a...

Logistics history: Baffled by DAFL: Directive Authority History for Logistics.(Directive Authority for Logistics)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Until foundational issues are resolved and solutions fully tested and vetted, DoD will continue to treat the symptoms of our Joint logistics ills. If it does so, the same logistical failures and missed opportunities to properly support our...

Baffled by DAFL: directive authority history for logistics.(Lessons from History)(Company overview)
September 22, 2006... Introduction The first essential condition for an army to be able to stand the strain of battle is an adequate stock of weapons, petrol, and ammunition. In fact, the battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting...

The USAF tech data dilemma--how much tech data to buy and when.(Candid Voices)(United States. Air Force)
September 22, 2006... Buying tech data for new systems has a few land mines to watch for, but it does not have to be the Nightmare on Elm Street it all too often becomes. The nightmare usually starts with a very high price tag, causing a dilemma for program managers...

Recommendations for automatic identification technology in the Air Force supply chain.
September 22, 2006... Introduction In a white paper published by the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Vivek Agarwal said that, in order to achieve real-time visibility of information, the following are needed: (1) *...

AF/A9 logistics analysis: setting the gold standard.(Air Force)
September 22, 2006... Quick quiz. Do you know what organization provides top-notch operational analyses to the Air Force's senior leaders? Those of you that said the Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency (AFSAA) would have been right. Prior to 1 February 2006, AFSAA...

The dimensions of logistics.(Report)
September 22, 2006... Defining Logistics The word logistics entered the American lexicon a little more than a century ago. Since that time, professional soldiers, military historians, and military theorists have had a great deal of difficulty agreeing on its...