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Space Force Legacy Guardian Recognition Act
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
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The Air and Space Forces Associations (AFA) lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and FY27 Defense Appropriations Act. Those specific provisions include: 1. Recapitalization and Enhancing the Readiness of the U.S. Air Force Recapitalization F-35A - Direct the Department of the Air Force to enter a significant multi-year contract beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 for the procurement of the F-35A at the maximum production rate possible, but not less than 60 aircraft per year. E-7 - Direct the resumption of the previous plan to acquire 26 E-7 aircraft. EA-37B -- Increase the FY27 procurement of the EA-37B Compass Call to eight aircraft. F-15EX - Increase procurement of the F-15EX in FY27 to 30 aircraft. F-47 - Accelerate the development and production of the F-47 to achieve a total force size of 240 combat-capable aircraft in the shortest length of time possible. B-21 - Increase production capabilities to ensure 225 B-21s are built by 2040. Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) - Accelerate the development of the CCA and maximize funding as the aircrafts capabilities are proven. HH-60W and MH-139 - Ensure the timely acquisition of the HH-60W and MH-139 to fully meet Air Force requirements. F-22 - Extending the prohibition on the retirement of the F-22. Unmanned Systems - Opposing the inclusion of Section 917 of the Senate version of the FY27 NDAA in the enacted legislation. Enhancing Readiness As a general principle, due to the age and maintenance requirements of our existing aircraft, the Congress must allocate sufficient resources to sustain our existing fleet until they are replaced. Other vital areas include: Flight Hours - Increase funding so fighter pilots fly at least three sorties a week and 200 hours a year; and bomber/support aircrews fly at least four hours per week. Weapon Systems Sustainment (WSS) - Fully fund WSS to 100 percent of the Air Forces requirement. 2. Increasing the US Space Forces Resources Toward that objective, the AFA respectfully recommends the congressional defense committees in Fiscal Year 2027: 1) authorize an increase in personnel strength of the service, whether military, civilian or contractor; 2) increase the amount spent on improving infrastructure by $1.7 billion and military construction by $500 million; and 3) authorize the services total budget of $71.1 billion. 3. Optimizing the Management Structure for the Development of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The AFA respectfully requests the congressional defense committees direct the Department to conduct a study which evaluates the CJADC2 current management structure and recommends the optimal configuration to ensure this system of systems is deployed as quickly and efficiently as possible. 4. Ensuring Adequate Housing for Airmen, Guardians and their Families. Therefore, the AFA fully supports the prompt completion of these reports so their recommendations may be considered for inclusion in the FY27 NDAA. In addition, AFA also requests additional resources be allocated for the construction of additional Department of the Air Force (DAF) military housing. 5. CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. 6. Additional Matters. In addition, the AFA members and staff will work on the following issues: 1. Strengthen Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Authorities, Coordination, and Investment Our military faces a rapidly growing threat from unmanned aerial systems (UAS). However, current legal authorities, funding, and coordination mechanisms are insufficient to fully protect our personnel, infrastructure, and operations. AFA recommends the Department of Defense (DOD) identify statutory and regulatory changes which will better enable our forces to defeat this threat at both domestic and international military installations. In addition, the DOD should increase funding and standardize the procurement of C-UAS systems across the Department. 2.Evaluate Air Force Responsibility for Base Defense Against Emerging Threats Rapid advances in drone and missile threats have exposed potential gaps in current base defense strategies, which rely heavily on Army-provided air and missile defense capabilities. Therefore, the AFA recommends a formal evaluation be conducted of whether the Air Force or other service should assume greater responsibility for defending bases against drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles. As well as identify and dedicate sufficient financial resources to meet this threat. 3.Fund the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) To meet the requirements of our national defense strategies, it is essential the DoD continue to recruit and train the next generation of experts in acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, finance, science, [and] engineering... Therefore, the AFA strongly recommends the DoD continue to fund and build upon the success of the DCTC.
Source: Senate LDA
Space Force Legacy Guardian Recognition Act
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Space National Guard Establishment Act
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Space National Guard Establishment Act
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Space National Guard Establishment Act
Client: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) · Firm: AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
The Air and Space Forces Associations (AFA) lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and FY27 Defense Appropriations Act. Those specific provisions include: 1. Recapitalization and Enhancing the Readiness of the U.S. Air Force Recapitalization F-35A - Direct the Department of the Air Force to enter a significant multi-year contract beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 for the procurement of the F-35A at the maximum production rate possible, but not less than 60 aircraft per year. E-7 - Direct the resumption of the previous plan to acquire 26 E-7 aircraft. EA-37B -- Increase the FY27 procurement of the EA-37B Compass Call to eight aircraft. F-15EX - Increase procurement of the F-15EX in FY27 to 30 aircraft. F-47 - Accelerate the development and production of the F-47 to achieve a total force size of 240 combat-capable aircraft in the shortest length of time possible. B-21 - Increase production capabilities to ensure 225 B-21s are built by 2040. Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) - Accelerate the development of the CCA and maximize funding as the aircrafts capabilities are proven. HH-60W and MH-139 - Ensure the timely acquisition of the HH-60W and MH-139 to fully meet Air Force requirements. F-22 - Extending the prohibition on the retirement of the F-22. Unmanned Systems - Opposing the inclusion of Section 917 of the Senate version of the FY27 NDAA in the enacted legislation. Enhancing Readiness As a general principle, due to the age and maintenance requirements of our existing aircraft, the Congress must allocate sufficient resources to sustain our existing fleet until they are replaced. Other vital areas include: Flight Hours - Increase funding so fighter pilots fly at least three sorties a week and 200 hours a year; and bomber/support aircrews fly at least four hours per week. Weapon Systems Sustainment (WSS) - Fully fund WSS to 100 percent of the Air Forces requirement. 2. Increasing the US Space Forces Resources Toward that objective, the AFA respectfully recommends the congressional defense committees in Fiscal Year 2027: 1) authorize an increase in personnel strength of the service by 1,500 positions, whether military, civilian or contractor; 2) increase the amount spent on improving infrastructure by $1.7 billion and military construction by $500 million; and 3) authorize the services total budget of $47.2 billion. 3. Optimizing the Management Structure for the Development of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The AFA respectfully requests the congressional defense committees direct the Department to conduct a study which evaluates the CJADC2 current management structure and recommends the optimal configuration to ensure this system of systems is deployed as quickly and efficiently as possible. 4. Ensuring Adequate Housing for Airmen, Guardians and their Families. Therefore, the AFA fully supports the prompt completion of these reports so their recommendations may be considered for inclusion in the FY27 NDAA. In addition, AFA also requests additional resources be allocated for the construction of additional Department of the Air Force (DAF) military housing. 5. CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. 6. Additional Matters. In addition, the AFA members and staff will work on the following issues: 1. Strengthen Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Authorities, Coordination, and Investment Our military faces a rapidly growing threat from unmanned aerial systems (UAS). However, current legal authorities, funding, and coordination mechanisms are insufficient to fully protect our personnel, infrastructure, and operations. AFA recommends the Department of Defense (DOD) identify statutory and regulatory changes which will better enable our forces to defeat this threat at both domestic and international military installations. In addition, the DOD should increase funding and standardize the procurement of C-UAS systems across the Department. 2.Evaluate Air Force Responsibility for Base Defense Against Emerging Threats Rapid advances in drone and missile threats have exposed potential gaps in current base defense strategies, which rely heavily on Army-provided air and missile defense capabilities. Therefore, the AFA recommends a formal evaluation be conducted of whether the Air Force or other service should assume greater responsibility for defending bases against drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles. As well as identify and dedicate sufficient financial resources to meet this threat. 3.Fund the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) To meet the requirements of our national defense strategies, it is essential the DoD continue to recruit and train the next generation of experts in acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, finance, science, [and] engineering... Therefore, the AFA strongly recommends the DoD continue to fund and build upon the success of the DCTC.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
The Air and Space Forces Associations (AFA) lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and FY27 Defense Appropriations Act. Those specific provisions include: 1. Recapitalization and Enhancing the Readiness of the U.S. Air Force Recapitalization F-35A - Direct the Department of the Air Force to enter a significant multi-year contract beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 for the procurement of the F-35A at the maximum production rate possible, but not less than 60 aircraft per year. E-7 - Direct the resumption of the previous plan to acquire 26 E-7 aircraft. EA-37B -- Increase the FY27 procurement of the EA-37B Compass Call to eight aircraft. F-15EX - Increase procurement of the F-15EX in FY27 to 30 aircraft. F-47 - Accelerate the development and production of the F-47 to achieve a total force size of 240 combat-capable aircraft in the shortest length of time possible. B-21 - Increase production capabilities to ensure 225 B-21s are built by 2040. Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) - Accelerate the development of the CCA and maximize funding as the aircrafts capabilities are proven. HH-60W and MH-139 - Ensure the timely acquisition of the HH-60W and MH-139 to fully meet Air Force requirements. Enhancing Readiness As a general principle, due to the age and maintenance requirements of our existing aircraft, the Congress must allocate sufficient resources to sustain our existing fleet until they are replaced. Other vital areas include: Flight Hours - Increase funding so fighter pilots fly at least three sorties a week and 200 hours a year; and bomber/support aircrews fly at least four hours per week. Weapon Systems Sustainment (WSS) - Fully fund WSS to 100 percent of the Air Forces requirement. 2. Increasing the US Space Forces Resources Toward that objective, the AFA respectfully recommends the congressional defense committees in Fiscal Year 2027: 1) authorize an increase in personnel strength of the service by 1,500 positions, whether military, civilian or contractor; 2) increase the amount spent on improving infrastructure by $1.7 billion and military construction by $500 million; and 3) authorize the services total budget of $47.2 billion. 3. Optimizing the Management Structure for the Development of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The AFA respectfully requests the congressional defense committees direct the Department to conduct a study which evaluates the CJADC2 current management structure and recommends the optimal configuration to ensure this system of systems is deployed as quickly and efficiently as possible. 4. Ensuring Adequate Housing for Airmen, Guardians and their Families. Therefore, the AFA fully supports the prompt completion of these reports so their recommendations may be considered for inclusion in the FY27 NDAA. In addition, AFA also requests additional resources be allocated for the construction of additional Department of the Air Force (DAF) military housing. 5. CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. 6. Additional Matters. In addition, the AFA members and staff will work on the following issues: 1. Strengthen Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Authorities, Coordination, and Investment Our military faces a rapidly growing threat from unmanned aerial systems (UAS). However, current legal authorities, funding, and coordination mechanisms are insufficient to fully protect our personnel, infrastructure, and operations. AFA recommends the Department of Defense (DOD) identify statutory and regulatory changes which will better enable our forces to defeat this threat at both domestic and international military installations. In addition, the DOD should increase funding and standardize the procurement of C-UAS systems across the Department. 2.Evaluate Air Force Responsibility for Base Defense Against Emerging Threats Rapid advances in drone and missile threats have exposed potential gaps in current base defense strategies, which rely heavily on Army-provided air and missile defense capabilities. Therefore, the AFA recommends a formal evaluation be conducted of whether the Air Force or other service should assume greater responsibility for defending bases against drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles. As well as identify and dedicate sufficient financial resources to meet this threat. 3.Fund the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) To meet the requirements of our national defense strategies, it is essential the DoD continue to recruit and train the next generation of experts in acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, finance, science, [and] engineering... Therefore, the AFA strongly recommends the DoD continue to fund and build upon the success of the DCTC.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
AFAs lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act. Those specific provisions include: 1.Increasing Resources for the Space Force. Specifically, to increase the services budget and personnel in eleven separate areas. 2.Fully Fund the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Ensuring the Collaborative Combat Aircraft receives the current Future Years Defense Program plan of allocating $9.0 billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2029. 3.Combat Airpower Modernization and Sustainment. AFA requests the Congress maximize the procurement of new fighters by purchasing 75 F-35As and 36 F-15EXs. The AFA also seeks an increase in sustainment spending to $658 million to modernize existing aircraft. 4.Acquisition Reform. The AFA will be supporting wide-scale defense acquisition reform, such as those proposals offered by Senator Roger Wicker in his plan titled: Restoring Freedoms Forge: American Innovation Unleashed, and legislation such as the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense or FORGED ACT. We will also be supporting provisions included in the House Armed Services Committees bipartisan legislation: the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery Act or SPEED Act. 5.Sentinel ICBM. The AFA will continue its multi-year efforts to support the prompt acquisition and fielding of the Sentinel ICBM and will be opposing legislative initiatives which are designed to curtail this systems deployment. 6.E-7 Wedgetail. The AFA is working to ensure funding is restored to the E-7 Wedgetail program. 7.CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Improvement to Ensure Quality of Care for Tricare Covered Children 2.Basic Allowance for Housing Restoration 3.Increase B-21 (Long Lead Items) 4.Support Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent 5.$1.5 billion in funding for Air Force Material Command spares 6.Agile Combat Employment Sustainment
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AFAs lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act. Those specific provisions include: 1.Increasing Resources for the Space Force. Specifically, to increase the services budget and personnel in eleven separate areas. 2.Fully Fund the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Ensuring the Collaborative Combat Aircraft receives the current Future Years Defense Program plan of allocating $9.0 billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2029. 3.Combat Airpower Modernization and Sustainment. AFA requests the Congress maximize the procurement of new fighters by purchasing 75 F-35As and 36 F-15EXs. The AFA also seeks an increase in sustainment spending to $658 million to modernize existing aircraft. 4.Acquisition Reform. The AFA will be supporting wide-scale defense acquisition reform, such as those proposals offered by Senator Roger Wicker in his plan titled: Restoring Freedoms Forge: American Innovation Unleashed, and legislation such as the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense or FORGED ACT. We will also be supporting provisions included in the House Armed Services Committees bipartisan legislation: the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery Act or SPEED Act. 5.Sentinel ICBM. The AFA will continue its multi-year efforts to support the prompt acquisition and fielding of the Sentinel ICBM and will be opposing legislative initiatives which are designed to curtail this systems deployment. 6.E-7 Wedgetail. The AFA is working to ensure funding is restored to the E-7 Wedgetail program. 7.CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Improvement to Ensure Quality of Care for Tricare Covered Children 2.Basic Allowance for Housing Restoration 3.Increase B-21 (Long Lead Items) 4.Support Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent 5.$1.5 billion in funding for Air Force Material Command spares 6.Agile Combat Employment Sustainment
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
AFAs lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act and the Budget Resolutions. Those specific provisions include: 1.Increasing Resources for the Space Force. Specifically, to increase the services budget and personnel in eleven separate areas. 2.Fully Fund the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Ensuring the Collaborative Combat Aircraft receives the current Future Years Defense Program plan of allocating $9.0 billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2029. 3.Combat Airpower Modernization and Sustainment. AFA requests the Congress maximize the procurement of new fighters by purchasing 75 F-35As and 36 F-15EXs. The AFA also seeks an increase in sustainment spending to $658 million to modernize existing aircraft. 4.Acquisition Reform. The AFA will be supporting wide-scale defense acquisition reform, such as those proposals offered by Senator Roger Wicker in his plan titled: Restoring Freedoms Forge: American Innovation Unleashed, and legislation such as the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense or FORGED ACT. 5.Sentinel ICBM. The AFA will continue its multi-year efforts to support the prompt acquisition and fielding of the Sentinel ICBM and will be opposing legislative initiatives which are designed to curtail this systems deployment. 6.E-7 Wedgetail. The AFA is working to ensure funding is restored to the E-7 Wedgetail program. 7.CyberPatriot. Created in 2009, with over 20,000 students participating each year, CyberPatriot is an annual middle and high school competition. Schools and other organizations, such as the Civil Air Patrol, create student teams which compete as if they were managing and defending the computer network of a small company. AFA is seeking additional funding for the competition. In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Improvement to Ensure Quality of Care for Tricare Covered Children 2.Basic Allowance for Housing Restoration 3.Increase B-21 (Long Lead Items) 4.Support Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent 5.$1.5 billion in funding for Air Force Material Command spares 6.Agile Combat Employment Sustainment
AFAs lobbyists will be working to add provisions into the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act and the Budget Resolutions. Those specific provisions include: 1.Increasing Resources for the Space Force. Specifically, to increase the services budget and personnel in eleven separate areas. 2.Fully Fund the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Ensuring the Collaborative Combat Aircraft receives the current Future Years Defense Program plan of allocating $9.0 billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2029. 3.Combat Airpower Modernization and Sustainment. AFA requests the Congress maximize the procurement of new fighters by purchasing 72 F-35As and 36 F-15EXs. The AFA also seeks an increase in sustainment spending to $658 million to modernize existing aircraft. 4.Acquisition Reform. The AFA will be supporting wide-scale defense acquisition reform, such as those proposals offered by Senator Roger Wicker in his plan titled: Restoring Freedoms Forge: American Innovation Unleashed, and legislation such as the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense or FORGED ACT. 5.Sentinel ICBM. The AFA will continue its multi-year efforts to support the prompt acquisition and fielding of the Sentinel ICBM and will be opposing legislative initiatives which are designed to curtail this systems deployment. In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Improvement to Ensure Quality of Care for Tricare Covered Children 2.Basic Allowance for Housing Restoration 3.Increase B-21 (Long Lead Items) 4.Support Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent 5.$1.5 billion in funding for Air Force Material Command spares 6.Agile Combat Employment Sustainment
Ensuring a dominant U.S. Air and Space Force. Supporting Airmen, Guardians, their families and veterans. Specific legislation includes the yearly National Defense Authorization Act and the Defense Appropriations Act.
Ensuring a dominant U.S. Air and Space Force. Supporting Airmen, Guardians, their families and veterans. Specific legislation includes the yearly National Defense Authorization Act and the Defense Appropriations Act.
Ensuring a dominant U.S. Air and Space Force. Supporting Airmen, Guardians, their families and veterans. Specific legislation includes the yearly National Defense Authorization Act and the Defense Appropriations Act.
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
FY 2025 National Defense Authorization bill and FY 2025 Defense Appropriations bill (both bills in their entirety) and provisions related to: 1) increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2) recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard. Specifically, by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delay the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3) to afford additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4) secure additional funding for the Air Forces Childcare program; 5) increase the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant commands, and; 6) require a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies. In addition, we will seek the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, the AFA will also be working on the following issues: 1)Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 2)Improving Air Force and Space Force Dormitories 3)Increasing to $300 million the level in which the Department of Defense can begin New Starts during Continuing Resolutions. 4)The creation of a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program. 5)Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks. 6)Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard servicemembers receive TRICARE.
FY 2025 National Defense Authorization bill and FY 2025 Defense Appropriations bill (both bills in their entirety) and provisions related to: 1) increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2) recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard. Specifically, by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delay the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3) to afford additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4) secure additional funding for the Air Forces Childcare program; 5) increase the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant commands, and; 6) require a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies. In addition, we will seek the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, the AFA will also be working on the following issues: 1)Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 2)Improving Air Force and Space Force Dormitories 3)Increasing to $300 million the level in which the Department of Defense can begin New Starts during Continuing Resolutions. 4)The creation of a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program. 5)Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks. 6)Enacting the Reserve Employers Comprehensive Relief and Uniform Incentives Act 7)Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard servicemembers receive TRICARE.
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) via AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
HR.2670/S. 2226, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (whole bill) and provisions related to: ensuring our forces have sufficient protection against, air, ballistic missile, and hypersonic missile attack in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, simultaneously; the creation of a Space National Guard; and ensuring our servicemembers receive adequate compensation to prevent hunger insecurity among themselves and their families. The AFA will also be working on provisions to retain and, if possible, modernize the F-22; explore the possibility of procuring additional F-35s; and continue the development of the Sentinel ICBM. Finally, we will be advocating for the publication of a report on the strategic objectives of the Space Force as well as a report on the elimination of Pass-Through Air Force funding to other government agencies, which were, respectively, authorized in previous defense authorization and appropriations acts. S. 503, Space National Guard Establishment Act (whole bill)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Ensuring a dominant U.S. Air and Space Force. Supporting Airmen, Guardians, their families and veterans. Specific legislation includes the yearly National Defense Authorization Act and the Defense Appropriations Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE