Cataloged from PDF version of article.It is very important to use combat simulations in personel training and as a
scientific decision tool in developed countries. The use of simulation and analysis
methodologies gives opportunity to the staff officers and the commanders to foresee the
results of their plans and to take some precautions accordingly. Different combat
scenarios can be tried without deploying the units to the combat area and getting losts,
costs and risks. As one of the most complicated and decisive operation in the way to
victory “Air assault operations” are high risk, high payoff operations, that, when properly
planned and vigorously executed, allow commanders to take the initiative of the combat
area. The use of Air Assault Operations Simulation Model (AAOSM) allows planners:
(1) to build models of air assault operations early in the decision process and refine those
models as their decision process evolve, (2) perform “Bottleneck analysis” of the
preplanned operation using statistical procedures and take some precautions accordingly.
(3) perform “Risk management” of the operation before conducting the real one.
AAOSM is created by using ARENA 3.0 simulation program and SIMAN
programming languauge.The outputs of the model is analysed using experimental design
procedures and the significant factors that are significant to the outputs are analysed.
Moreover, the best scenarios are evaluated in different weather and terrain conditions
and different refuelling and maintenance configurations.Virlan, GökhanM.S
