REPORT ON AIR FORCE DISTRIBUTED MISSION TRAINING.

SEC. 252. REPORT ON AIR FORCE DISTRIBUTED MISSION TRAINING. (a) Requirement.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress, not later than January 31, 2000, a report on the Air Force Distributed Mission Training program. (b) Content of Report.—The report shall include a discussion of the following:113 STAT. 555 (1) The progress that the Air Force has made to demonstrate and prove the Air Force Distributed Mission Training concept of linking geographically separated, high-fidelity simulators to provide a mission rehearsal capability for Air Force units, and any units of any of the other Armed Forces as may be necessary, to train together from their home stations. (2) The actions that have been taken or are planned to be taken within the Department of the Air Force to ensure that— (A) an independent study of all requirements, technologies, and acquisition strategies essential to the formulation of a sound Distributed Mission Training program is under way; and (B) all Air Force laboratories and other Air Force facilities necessary to the research, development, testing, and evaluation of the Distributed Mission Training program have been assessed regarding the availability of the necessary resources to demonstrate and prove the Air Force Distributed Mission Training concept.