Sec. 154. Limitation on retirement of F–15E aircraft pending fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study
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The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any F–15E aircraft until a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees the reports and briefing required under subsection (b)(3). The prohibition under paragraph
(1)of shall not apply to individual F–15E aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case by case basis, to be no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft accidents, mishaps, or excessive material degradation and non-airworthiness status of certain aircraft. Section 9062 of title 10, United States Code, as most recently amended by sections 131 and 132 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 ( Public Law 118–31 ), is amended— by striking subsection (l); and by redesignating subsection
(m)as subsection (l). The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract or other agreement with a federally funded research and development center pursuant to which the center shall carry out— an analysis of the fighter aircraft procurement, fielding, and divestment plan of the Department of the Air Force, as submitted to Congress in accordance with section 148 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 ( Public Law 118–31 ; 137 Stat. 178); and a fighter aircraft capability and requirements study that estimates the number of fighter aircraft needed by the Air Force to meet the requirements of combatant commanders. The federally funded research and development center that carries out the study and analysis under paragraph
(1)shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of such study and analysis. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall— submit to the congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the report received by the Secretary under paragraph (2); submit to such committees a separate report on the views of the Secretary with respect to the results of the study and analysis carried out under paragraph (1), which shall include— a detailed explanation of the strategy and methodology used to conduct the study and analysis, including any force sizing and shaping constructs, scenarios, and assumptions used as part of such study and analysis; and assessed operational risk based on the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff risk management classifications set forth the most recent version of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 3105.01A, titled Joint Risk Analysis Methodology ; and provide a briefing to the committees on such results. In this section, the term fighter aircraft means— F–15, F–16, F–22, and F–35 aircraft; and the Next Generation Air Dominance piloted combat aircraft.
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Sec. 154
Limitation on retirement of F–15E aircraft pending fighter aircraft capabilities and requirements study
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