S.Amdt. 324

SA 324. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction,

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and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 333. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVERSARY AIR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
THE AIR FORCE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
implement an adversary air training program through the award
of contracts to qualified entities, as determined by the
Secretary, through the use of competitive procurement under
the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to
enhance competition, maximize savings, and provide a variety
of adversary aircraft.
(b) Elements of Program.--The program under subsection (a)
shall--
(1) leverage commercial adversary air support as a most
efficient use of experienced instructors, re-purposed
supersonic fighter aircraft, and specialized equipment to
restore peer adversary capability in tactical services
through threat-representative adversary support;
(2) promote stability to acquire and retain experienced
fighter tactics instructor pilots and aircraft maintainers,
along with fighter aircraft and systems, so as to have a
safe, effective, and sustainable commercial adversary air
program;
(3) preserve Air Force program flexibility through
subsequent task orders for individual location support;
(4) immediately reduce airframe and engine hours
accumulated on front line aircraft currently being used as
adversary air training aircraft;
(5) preserve operational flight hours and aircraft
available for mission readiness training; and
(6) realize immediate front line aircraft operations and
maintenance savings by aggressively transitioning to
commercial adversary air training programs.
(c) Types of Contracts.--The Secretary of the Air Force
shall carry out the program under subsection (a) through the
award of ten-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
contracts.
(d) Use of Funds.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary of the Air Force may use funds authorized for Air
Force Operation and Maintenance in--
(1) this Act; and
(2) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2019 (Public Law 115-232).
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