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The support process of carrier aircraft is a complex closed-loop system with time delay and parallelism. At present, the related literature is lack of research on parallel closed-loop system. Since System Dynamics is a method that can reveal the dynamic process of complex system. Therefore, this paper proposes a modeling method of parallel closed-loop operation based on System Dynamics. The support process model for carrier aircraft is established in order to analyze the parallel closed-loop system of carrier aircraft. The flow chart and the system structure equations of support process are presented for analysis of the dynamic process and the static performance. The simulation is based on the actual data of Nimitz Aircraft Carrier. The influences of fueling operation, weapons loading operation, other operations and strike task on support capacity are simulated and analyzed. The bottleneck factors affecting support capacity are found through simulation and analysis. A new evaluation method of carrier aircraft support process is proposed. This paper provides a reference to improve the carrier aircraft support capacity and aircraft carrier combat capacity.