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HASC Member: Air Force’s Proposed A-10 Retirements ‘Pre-Judicial’

HASC Member: Air Force’s Proposed A-10 Retirements ‘Pre-Judicial’
The F-35, A-10 and F-22 Demo Teams perform a Heritage Flight formation with an F-86 Sabre during Thunder and Lighting Over Arizona at Davis-Monthan AFB, March 23, 2019. The F-35 Demo Team pilot Capt. Andrew "Dojo" Olson flew from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., to participate in the formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexander Cook)

Lawmakers are demanding answers from the Air Force after the fiscal year 2021 budget request included plans to retire dozens of A-10 attack aircraft. The service’s request stated that 44 of its “least-capable” Warthogs would be retired next fiscal year, including two from the active Air Force, 39 flown by the Air National Guard and seven from the Air Force Reserves. Congressional authorizers have pressed top officials on this decision over the past weeks, considering attempts to retire the aging…

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