Sec. 141. INVENTORY REQUIREMENT FOR AIR REFUELING TANKER AIRCRAFT; LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF KC-10A AIRCRAFT
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## SEC. 141 INVENTORY REQUIREMENT FOR AIR REFUELING TANKER AIRCRAFT; LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF KC-10A AIRCRAFT ###
(a)Inventory Requirement Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(j) > > > ####
(1)> > Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective October 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of air refueling tanker aircraft of not less than 479 aircraft. > > > #### “(2) > > The Secretary of the Air Force may reduce the number of air refueling tanker aircraft in the total aircraft inventory of the Air Force below 479 only if— > > > ##### “(A) > > the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that such reduction is justified by the results of the mobility capability and requirements study conducted under section 144(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91); and > > > ##### “(B) > > a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the certification is made to the congressional defense committees under subparagraph (A). > > > #### “(3) > > In this subsection: > > > ##### “(A) > > The term ‘air refueling tanker aircraft’ means an aircraft that has as its primary mission the refueling of other aircraft. > > > ##### “(B) > > The term ‘total aircraft inventory’ means aircraft authorized to a flying unit for operations or training.” > . ###
(b)Limitation on Retirement of KC-10A ####
(1)In general None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to retire, or to prepare to retire, any KC-10A aircraft until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the congressional defense committees that Secretary has met the minimum inventory requirement under section 8062(j) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)of this section. ####
(2)Exception for certain aircraft The requirement of paragraph
(1)does not apply to individual KC-10A aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be non-operational because of mishaps, other damage, or being uneconomical to repair.
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INVENTORY REQUIREMENT FOR AIR REFUELING TANKER AIRCRAFT; LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF KC-10A AIRCRAFT
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