To limit the early retirement of tactical aircraft.

SA 2596. Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr.
Bennett) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 3326, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Limitation on Early Retirement of Tactical
Aircraft.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire any
tactical aircraft as announced in the Combat Air Forces
structuring plan announced on May 18, 2009, until the
Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the
report described in subsection (b).
(b) Report.--The report described in this subsection is a
report that sets forth the following:
(1) A detailed plan for how the Secretary of the Air Force
will fill the force structure and capability gaps resulting
from the retirement of tactical aircraft under the
structuring plan described in subsection (a).
(2) A description of the follow-on missions for each base
affected by the structuring plan.
(3) An explanation of the criteria used for selecting the
bases referred to in paragraph (2) and for the selection of
tactical aircraft for retirement under the structuring plan.
(4) A plan for the reassignment of the regular and reserve
Air Force personnel affected by the retirement of tactical
aircraft under the structuring plan.
(5) An estimate of the cost avoidance to be achieved by the
retirement of such tactical aircraft, and a description how
such funds would be invested under the period covered by the
most current future-years defense program.
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