10 USC § 497a - Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe

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title: "10 USC § 497a - Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "497a"
section_name: "Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR POSTURE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, § 1051(b)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 858.)"
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# § 497a. Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe

**(a)** **Notification.—** Not less than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary of Defense reduces or consolidates the dual-capable aircraft of the United States that are based in Europe, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification of such planned reduction or consolidation, including the following:

**(1)** The reasons for such planned reduction or consolidation.

**(2)** Any effects of such planned reduction or consolidation on the extended deterrence mission of the United States.

**(3)** The manner in which the military requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will continue to be met in light of such planned reduction or consolidation.

**(4)** A statement by the Secretary on the response of NATO to such planned reduction or consolidation.

**(5)** Whether there is any change in the force posture of the Russian Federation as a result of such planned reduction or consolidation, including with respect to the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of Russia that are within range of the member states of NATO.

**(b)** **Dual-capable Aircraft Defined.—** In this section, the term “dual-capable aircraft” means aircraft that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, § 1051(b)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 858.)