DEPOT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK ON CERTAIN TYPES OF TRAINER AIRCRAFT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS EXCESS AIRCRAFT.

SEC. 1225. DEPOT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK ON CERTAIN TYPES OF TRAINER AIRCRAFT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS EXCESS AIRCRAFT.(a) Depot Maintenance and Repair Work Before Transfer.—Before an excess trainer aircraft of a type specified in subsection (b) is transferred to a foreign country for the purpose of flight operations by that country, the Secretary of Defense shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the aircraft receives necessary depot maintenance and repair work and that such work is performed in the United States.(b) Covered Types of Aircraft.—Subsection (a) applies to the following types of trainer aircraft:(1) T–2 Buckeye aircraft.(2) T–37 Tweet aircraft.(c) Work To Be Performed at no Cost to DOD.—Any work referred to in subsection (a) shall be performed at no cost to the Department of Defense.117 STAT. 1654