Sec. 131. MINIMUM OPERATIONAL SQUADRON LEVEL

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## SEC. 131 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL SQUADRON LEVEL ###

(a)Policy on Air Force Aviation Force Structure As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Air Force shall seek to achieve the capabilities provided by a minimum of 386 available operational squadrons, or equivalent organizational units. In addition, the Secretary shall seek to achieve not fewer than 3,580 combat coded aircraft within the Air Force. ###

(b)Exception to Policy If, based on the fielding of new capabilities and formal force structure capability assessments supporting the most recent National Defense Strategy, the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes a determination that a modification to the quantity of operational squadrons or combat-coded aircraft in subsection

(a)is necessary, the Secretary shall submit a report at the earliest opportunity to the congressional defense committees describing the modifications of the revised force structure and how the quantity of combat coded aircraft and operational squadrons developed supports a moderate operational risk force structure in support of the National Defense Strategy. ###

(c)Expiration of Policy The policy in subsection

(a)shall expire on September 30, 2025. ###

(d)Moderate Operational Risk Defined In this section, the term “moderate operational risk” shall be construed as defined in the most recent publication of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 3105.01 titled “Joint Risk Analysis”.