Sec. 1053. Report on use of tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft for deployments and homeland defense missions
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Not later than May 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report including the results of a study on the use of tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft for deployments and homeland defense missions. The study conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall— review both deployment and exercise requirements for tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft levied by each geographic combatant command; assess deployable forces currently available to fulfill each of those requirements, and whether those forces are adequate to meet the global requirements; review any relevant tactical fighter forces or bomber forces that are not considered deployable or available to meet combatant command requirements, and consider whether that status can or should change; assess whether adequate consideration has been put into fighter coverage of the homeland during these deployments, in particular within the Alaska Area of Responsibility and the Hawaii Area of Responsibility; and assess Air Force and Navy active duty, Air National Guard, and reserve land-based tactical fighter units that could be considered for inclusion into homeland defense mission requirements.