Bill > S2307

This bill, the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023, aims to support and strengthen the fighter aircraft capabilities of the Air Force. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Requiring the Air National Guard to maintain a minimum of 25 fighter aircraft squadrons, each with at least 18 primary aircraft authorized. The Secretary of Defense can waive this requirement in extraordinary circumstances. 2. Directing the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Air National Guard, to develop a plan for replacing and modernizing Air National Guard fighter squadrons at a rate that ensures full, one-for-one recapitalization by the end of fiscal year 2034. The plan must also include the fielding of the Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems in the Air National Guard. 3. Requiring the Secretary of the Air Force to submit the recapitalization plan to the congressional defense committees, which are defined as the committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, within 120 days of the bill's enactment.