REPLACEMENT OF OV-1 AND OV-10 AIRCRAFT WITH A-10 AIRCRAFT

SEC. 1439. REPLACEMENT OF OV-1 AND OV-10 AIRCRAFT WITH A-10 AIRCRAFT (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.— (1) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Army for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1996, may not be used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Marine Corps after September 30, 1996, may not be used to operate or maintain OV-10 aircraft. (b) Retirement of OV-1 and OV-10 Aircraft.— (1) Not later than September 30, 1991, the Secretary of the Army shall retire not less than 20 percent of the OV-1 aircraft in the inventory of the Army on October 1, 1990. (2) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall take such action as necessary to retire, by not later than September 30, 1996, all OV-1 and OV-10 aircraft in the inventory of the Army and Marine Corps, respectively. The Secretary of the military department concerned shall notify the Secretary of the Air Force at the time each such aircraft is retired, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon such notification, transfer one A-10 aircraft and all required support equipment to such military department. (c) Training and Support.— Chapter 901 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 9316. Training and support for A-10 aircraft “The Secretary of the Air Force shall provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department.”. (d) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “§ 9316. Training and support for A-10 aircraft.”.