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 12 2 STA T .3 1 4PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28, 2008 ithas a nyfl a w s or w e a k nesses in s c o p eor m etho d olo g y , and shall, not later than 30 days after recei v ing the st u dy plan, su b mit to the S ecretary and the center a report that contains the results of that review and provides any recommendations that the C omptroller G eneral considers appropriate for improve - ments to the study plan .( 3 )T he center shall modify the study plan to incorporate the recommendations under paragraph ( 2 ) and shall, not later than 45 days after receiving that report, submit to the Secretary and the congressional defense committees a report on those modifications. The report shall describe each modification and, if the modifications do not incorporate one or more of the recommendations, shall e x plain the reasons for not doing so. (d) ELEM E NTSOF ST UDYP L A N. — The study plan re q uired by subsection (c) shall address, at minimum, the following

( 1 ) A description of lift requirements and operating profiles for airlift aircraft required to meet the N ational M ilitary Strategy, including assumptions regarding the following: (A) Current and future military combat and support missions. ( B ) The planned force structure growth of the military services. (C) Potential changes in lift requirements, including the deployment of the F uture Combat Systems by the Army. ( D ) New capability in airlift to be provided by the K C( X ) aircraft and the expected utili z ation of such capa- bility, including its use in intratheater lift. (E) The utilization of intertheater lift aircraft in intratheater combat mission support roles. (F) The availability and application of Civil R eserve Air Fleet assets in future military scenarios. (G) Air mobility requirements associated with the Global Rebasing I nitiative of the Department of Defense. ( H ) Air mobility requirements in support of worldwide peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. (I) Air mobility requirements in support of homeland defense and national emergencies. ( J ) The viability and capability of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to augment organic forces in both friendly and hostile environments. (K) An assessment of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to adequately augment the organic fleet as it relates to commercial inventory management restructuring in response to future commercial markets, streamlining of operations, efficiency measures, or downsizing of the participant. (2) An evaluation of the state of the current airlift fleet of the Air Force, including assessments of the following: (A) The extent to which the increased use of airlift aircraft in on-going operations is affecting the programmed service life of the aircraft of that fleet. (B) The adequacy of the current airlift force, including whether or not a minimum of 2 9 9 strategic airlift aircraft for the Air Force is sufficient to support future expedi- tionary combat and non-combat missions, as well as domestic and training mission demands consistent with

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