
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said Wednesday she’s working with committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on a plan to save the A-10 in the Senate’s version of the authorization bill without using overseas contingency operations (OCO) funding. Multiple news outlets reported Tuesday that Levin was critical of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) using OCO, or wartime, funding to offset saving the A-10s, which the Air Force wants to retire to save money. Levin reportedly called…