Hold off on A-10 cuts

A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week urged Defense Department leaders to hold off on any plans to cut the A-10 and provide more scrutiny to the Air Force’s budget plans.
The letter, signed by 13 senators and 20 representatives, calls on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to “actively scrutinize” the Air Force’s fiscal 2015 budget proposals, and conduct a study on close-air support as directed by the Senate Armed Services Committee in its report on the fiscal 2014 authorization bill.
Earlier this year, Air Force leaders said they were considering cutting entire fleets of “single-mission aircraft,” including the A-10 ground attack jet and the KC-10 tanker plane.
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