AFPAM10-1403 — Air Mobility Planning Factors

AFPAM10-1403 governs broad air mobility planning factors for peacetime and wartime operations, including airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation.

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  • Publication number: AFPAM10-1403
  • Title: AIR MOBILITY PLANNING FACTORS
  • Date: 2018-10-24

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AFPAM10-1403 contains formulas, examples, tables, terms, and definitions for mobility planning. It requires objective planning computations and encourages detailed computer simulation models for extensive calculations.

Topics covered

  • Strategic airlift
  • Air refueling formulas
  • Aeromedical evacuation
  • Aircraft payload
  • Airfield throughput
  • Fuel burn rates
  • Tanker offload capabilities
  • Crew duty day

Questions and answers

How should planners adjust estimated air mobility times?

Times are estimated based on average cargo/fuel loads. Where possible, planners should deviate from these times to account for known factors such as amount and/or complexity of cargo, amount of fuel upload, and/or airfield capability limitations. (paragraph 5)

What additional ground time must be included after arrival?

Planners must account for additional ground time to account for cargo operations performed upon arrival, if necessary. (paragraph 2)

What operations are excluded from the listed ground times?

Onload or offload operations only. Does not include refuel or reconfiguration operations. (paragraph 3)

What applies to KC-135 tanker times?

KC-135 times apply to roller-equipped aircraft. (paragraph 5)

When is additional time required for KC-135 configuration changes?

Add 2 hours for KC-135 configuration changes. (paragraph 6)

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