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Senators, Congressmen Reject New Air Force Proposal to Retire 72 A-10s

Senators, Congressmen Reject New Air Force Proposal to Retire 72 A-10s
The A-10 Thunderbolt II. (Photo: Air Force)

Several members of the House and Senate sent a clear message to the Air Force on Thursday that they were not willing to accept any compromise deals on the A-10 fleet. After the Air Force proposed a plan to retire 72 of the A-10 Warthog close air support planes – rather than divesting the whole fleet, as the service’s fiscal year 2015 budget request would do – Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) assemble a group of lawmakers, former Joint Terminal Attack…

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