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119-hr-4812119th Congress

To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to incorporate certain elements regarding depot-level maintenance coordination in at least one multinational exercise conducted in the area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Representative Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require the Air Force to add regular multinational depot-level maintenance coordination to Indo-Pacific exercises. It focuses on testing co-sustainment, cutting transport needs, synchronizing munitions resupply, and running emergency maintenance drills with partner nations.

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  • Air forces and regional partners: Would require annual inclusion of depot-level maintenance planning in at least one Indo-Pacific multinational exercise to improve interoperability and contingency sustainment.
  • Defense industry and local firms: Directs identification of opportunities to involve Korean and Australian industry through public-private partnerships for depot repairs and line replaceable unit testing.
  • Logistics hubs and workforce: Requires analysis of host-country challenges such as workforce, housing, and workload locations to shape where depot work can be done.
  • Congress and planners: Requires a report within 12 months listing candidate systems, depot repair workload opportunities, IP and data-rights and International Traffic in Arms Regulations impediments, capability gaps, and recommendations.
  • Scope of partners: Defines covered nations to include Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, and allows the Secretary to designate others.

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Air Force report on maintenance with Korea, Australia

The Air Force would need to send Congress a report within 12 months. It would summarize lessons from exercises with Korea and Australia and list systems to co-sustain and repair. The report would identify repair workload opportunities (including testing equipment or line replaceable units) and roles for Korean and Australian industry, including public-private partnerships. It would flag logistics issues (workforce, housing, and where to place workload), IP and data-rights hurdles, and ITAR limits, and suggest fixes, including possible status-of-forces changes. It would also analyze each partner’s capabilities and gaps, which maintenance types fit best, how partnerships aid operations and resilience, and key planning factors like force-generation models, future aircraft, deployment schedules, and statutory maintenance thresholds.

Allied Indo-Pacific drills add maintenance planning

The Air Force would have to add depot-level maintenance planning to at least one allied Indo-Pacific exercise each year. Plans would cover cooperative repair to cut transport needs, real-time munitions and resupply coordination, and mutual recognition of airworthiness and maintenance certifications. They would also run emergency tabletop drills for when an ally’s aircraft breaks down on U.S. soil, and the reverse, in a contested logistics setting. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Mobility Command would take part. Covered partners would include Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, and the Air Force Secretary could add others.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

Roll Call Votes

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