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AF Flight Scheduling

AF Flight Scheduling. MSgt Thomas Beatty AF FS CoI Lead NCOIC Aviation Management. What is Flight Scheduling?. “A coordinated planning cycle that supports operational and training requirements, optimizes economy of force, and is published in a weekly schedule that assigns resources to task.”

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AF Flight Scheduling

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  1. AF Flight Scheduling MSgt Thomas Beatty AF FS CoI Lead NCOIC Aviation Management

  2. What is Flight Scheduling? • “A coordinated planning cycle that supports operational and training requirements, optimizes economy of force, and is published in a weekly schedule that assigns resources to task.” • The Core of Flight Scheduling • Person • Aircraft • Time (Mission, Sortie, etc…) • Other factors are considered Deltas or Neighbors • Weather • Ranges

  3. How is this done today?

  4. Flight Scheduling – Current Problems • Primary • Inaccurate data • Communication Errors/ Data Lag • Faulty Logic • Lack of operational capability • Inadequate/Over utilization of resources • Stove-piped Systems • Lack of peripheral coordination • Secondary • Lack of efficient training • Cost of operations • Environment • Custodial responsibility to Taxpayers

  5. Potential Scenario 13th Airlift Squadron • Wrong Aircrew member assigned to a mission • Data lag from Training inputs and transfer from ADS to FS System • AC takes off, range is not available, mission canx RTB 17th Refueling Squadron • Tanker customer is a no-show at nearby track-- Tanker RTB • May have provided training to 13th AS

  6. Solving the problem: • Technological • Provide data transparency to required users • Operational • Review process and eliminate inefficiencies • Turn to the Tactical operators for needs • Train, Organize & Equip • Provide training to schedulers • Aviation Resource Management • Doctrine • Provide Policy & Guidance from Strategic levels • AFI – with flexibility built in

  7. Future State: Operations

  8. How can we get there? • Halt proliferation of duplicative systems • Funds to be re-capitalized for operations development • Leverage existing capabilities • Systems to services • COOL, GDSS2, GTIMS, PEX • Migrate existing systems to web, or migrate with imbedded SOA capability • Ensure tactical input to process, requirements, and capabilities • Data compiled will inherently feed operational & strategic levels

  9. Demonstration • Distributed Interaction: • Decentralized Operation • Shaw AFB – Ops input via real schedulers • Langley AFB – Maintenance input • Services Running: • Ops to MX with mission status • MX to Ops with aircraft status updates • ARMS data NRT, updates to ADS via user • Inherent visibility & data reporting

  10. Flight Scheduling Prototype Lab FSCOI-4 Windows Server 2003 FSCOI-1 Red Hat FSCOI-2 Windows Server 2003 IIS Web Server IIS Web Server Jetty Web Server SOAP/HTTP SOAP/HTTP PEX Whiteboard (.NET) WCF PEX Services (.NET) EMOC UI (.NET) Messaging Container (Java) I O N A SOAP/HTTP JDBC SQL Server Login UI (PHP) Jetty Web Server Java Spring Container SOAP/HTTP IONA IONA EMOC (Java) Security (Java) JDBC MySQL User Definitions 10

  11. FS Screen

  12. MX Screen

  13. IT Physical Architecture FSCOI-4 Windows Server 2003 FSCOI-1 Red Hat FSCOI-2 Windows Server 2003 IIS Web Server IIS Web Server Jetty Web Server SOAP/HTTP SOAP/HTTP PEX Whiteboard (.NET) WCF PEX Services (.NET) EMOC UI (.NET) Messaging Container (Java) I O N A SOAP/HTTP JDBC SQL Server Login UI (PHP) Jetty Web Server Java Spring Container SOAP/HTTP IONA IONA EMOC (Java) Security (Java) JDBC MySQL User Definitions

  14. Foundation of “Epic” • MAJCOM agreement to: • Move their service/process to a SOA • Share their data and unique capabilities with other services • Explore the use of other services’ unique capabilities • Provide lessons learned to neighbors • Publish data to be consumed by customers

  15. Epic – The new era • Mission Plan • Mission Distribution • Flight Scheduling • Flight Planning • Mission Execution • Mission Documentation

  16. Questions?

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