1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing Center of Excellence Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The 126th Air Refueling Wing has a long, decorated history of exceeding its fiscal year goals in Mission Capable Rate, Aircraft Availability, Hourly Use, Home Station Logistics Departure Reliability, flying hours, sorties, and fuel offloaded. (2) The 126th Air Refueling Wing was the top performing KC-135R unit in 2016, receiving the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. (3) The 126th Air Refueling Wing had the highest mission capable rating for all KC-135R aircraft, Active, Guard and Reserve for fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018, and is on track for fiscal year 2019, with a 89.06 percent mission capable rating. (4) The 126th Air Refueling Wing set the bar for home station departure reliability rate, exceeding Air Mobility Command’s goal of 78 percent with a three-year average of 98.16 percent. (5) The 126th Maintenance Group won the coveted Maintenance Effectiveness Award for being the top Maintenance Group in best Small Aircraft Maintenance unit category (<300 personnel) in the Air National Guard for fiscal year 2017. (6) The 126th Maintenance Group was the visionary of Project 14 , which is the premier 14-day KC-135 periodic inspection model championed by the National Guard Bureau. (7) The 126th Maintenance Group completed 17 periodic inspections of aircraft and nine periodic inspections on other units’ KC-135s, increasing the mission capable rating by 8 percent and potentially setting the standard for periodic inspection regionalization. (8) The 126th Air Refueling Wing flew 27 black letter flights (aircraft with zero discrepancies), including one flight in CENTCOM to support the warfighter. (9) Air Mobility Command awarded the 126th Air Refueling Wing was the top tanker wing in fuel efficiency for fiscal year 2016 and 2017. (10) The 126th Maintenance Group spearheaded the modeling of conditioned based maintenance plus, the benchmark for all KC-135 units. (11)