Using an Intratheater Regional Hub-Heuristic in Iraq

Ongoing casualties inflicted during convoys transgressing dangerous roads highlighted airlift's important role in intratheater airlift operations within Iraq. While airlift can help decrease the number of convoys on the roads in Iraq, the finite number of airlift's must be managed effectively and efficiently so as to maximize its impact in supporting operations in Iraq. This research proposed that using a regional-hub-and-spoke heuristic to design major theater war channel-system. The purpose of this research was to recommend a relaxation of the airlift operations doctrinal definition of the hub-and-spoke to allow for inclusion of a regional-hub.