LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF T-1A TRAINING AIRCRAFT.

SEC. 147. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF T-1A TRAINING AIRCRAFT. The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any T-1A training aircraft until the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees— (1) a certification indicating that the Secretary has completed the full, fleet-wide implementation of the Undergraduate Pilot Training curriculum (formerly known as the “Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5” curriculum); and (2) a written assessment of— (A) the effect of the implementation of the Undergraduate Pilot Training curriculum on the availability and training completion rates of undergraduate pilot trainees; and (B) how the retirement of T-1A training aircraft may affect programs and initiatives of the Air Force to accelerate the rate at which pilots complete training.