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Saturday, November 08, 2014

Republican Victory And John McCain Is Good News For The A-10 Thunderbolt, Bad News For The F-35

A-10 Thunderbolt IIOne of the consequences of the Republican win in this week's midterm elections is that the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, a warplane that had been on the chopping block due to budget cuts but is popular with U.S. troops, will probably survive for a few more years.

That's because the plane has powerful friends among the Senate's new Republican majority.

But that creates a battle for resources with the Air Force's newest, and most expensive project, the Lockheed Martin F-35.

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