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Schwartz: Air Force To Reduce A-10 Fleet By 102

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The Air Force will reduce its fleet of A-10s by 102, leaving it with 246 in inventory, its chief of staff said Friday. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the service will rely on performing close-in air support with its existing B-52s, B-1s, F-16s, F-15Es and AC-130 gun ships. “The bottom line is as remarkable an airplane the A-10 is, it’s not the only machine that does close air support and the Army and Marine Corps and…

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