One other follow-up, and that is part of the savings going forward that you are projecting are a function of Congress changing the law.

General Johns wouldn`t the Air Force plans for retirement actually allow capabilities for million ton-miles per day (MTM/D) to fall below the revised requirement for several years in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)?

I hope that is not the case going forward.

The loss of Pakistan as a land transit point would not in any way affect your plans to retire the C-5As...

Have you done--and this is, again, the worst-case, and again, we have to ask these questions--an analysis of how much it would cost you to take a C-5A out of the desert and put it back in the air, if all this very thoughtful analysis…

General Johns, is there any attrition reserve in the 301 number, or back-up aircraft inventory, or provisions for training aircraft?

had we not added additional C-17s, either at the request of the Air Force or the request of Congress, then we would not be able to retire these C-5As.

This is the opinion not just of the Department of the Air Force and TRANSCOM. This is DOD, the Secretary, presumably as General McNabb said, all the CINCs, commanders, have been able to weigh in.

I think what Admiral McCoy indicated was that the recent ships that have delivered have much fewer problems.

So, have you effectively factored in a situation, and particularly in the surge, where, for many reasons, just the insurance companies simply saying, 'you ain't flying,' that you would not be able to meet your----

I think this hearing has been very useful to me, and I thank her for urging us to do it.

You have learned a great deal. We've all learned a great deal.

You're taking this and you're trying with Secretary Stackley to plug it into the design phase.

General Johns, normal Air Force planning for force structure includes additional aircraft for attrition reserve, so-called back-up inventory aircraft that protect against aircraft being unavailable during periods of depot maintenance, et…

Given the devastating impacts to wildlife from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, it seems very timely for the Congress to pass legislation to permanently fund the LWCF at $900 million.

What are you doing proactively along with your other colleagues in the Administration, the Department of Commerce, et cetera, to get potential export companies, small business companies, in the game?

I think your goals are not only laudable but actually essential to the success of the country going forward.

Mr. President, I rise to honor the service of our Nation's law enforcement officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is taking place this year from May 15 through May 21. Every day, in cities and towns across America, police…