This is a very serious and real threat to the Warbird Community and all US Military Collectors.
At current, the National Defense Authorization Act S1416 is set to go before Congress. As a general rule, the act is fine, encourages more home defense spending and the like, but Section 1062 of this act specifically deals with the destruction of ALL civilian owned decommissioned military equipment. Section 1062 of this act, if passed, will bring about the destruction of all former US Department of Defense property. That means all of it, whether it be a gun, manuals, automobile, truck, computer, boat / ship, or aircraft, it will be required to be destroyed, at the owners expense with no compensation for value. Section 1062 is a ludicrous portion of the National Defense Act S1416 being piggy backed through to get it passed, because Act S1416 will be passed due to the crisis the US faces. That means no more Warbirds at airshows for the likes of us.
What can you do??? You can contact your congresspersons and ask them to state their stance on the National Defense Act S1416, Section 1062. You should also tell them that you oppose Section 1062, as it represents the destruction of this nation's heritage.
Please, I implore you, email, write, call your congress persons, this act is a death nell for the Warbird Community as a whole in the US.
Stand up and let it be heard! NO on NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT S1416 SECTION 1062
This is not joke. Check online with
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http://Http://www.eaa.org<Link>
http://Http://www.libertycommittee.org<Link>
http://Http://www.house.gov<Link>
http://Http://www.senate.gov
