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| Tango01 | 30 Apr 2016 8:56 p.m. PST |
…The A-10 Fleet. "The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II AKA "Warthog" has become one of the most-recognized and beloved warplanes since it started flying in the 1970s. We've been hearing about its impending retirement—and the reason many in the armed services community are against that—for ages, but proposed legislation could keep it in the sky for at least a little longer. This week House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry submitted his latest version of the defense policy bill that would dictate how military money would be spent. Subtitle D, Section 142 of H.R. 1735 basically says the Air Force would not be able to use any fiscal year 2017 funds "to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any A–10 aircraft." The bill also requires the USAF to keep at least 171 A-10s as "primary mission aircraft inventory;" in other words, ready to rock and roll…"
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link Good news! Amicalement
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| Tango01 | 01 May 2016 3:23 p.m. PST |
Agree!… (smile) Amicalement
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