NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Hostage said this week the command and the Army have seriously discussed scrapping the air service's A-10 close-air-support jets -- if Congress will allow it. For budget reasons, the Air Force is mulling doing away with single-mission aircraft fleets in favor of multirole platforms. The 340-aircraft A-10 fleet is specifically designed to perform close air support (CAS) for the Army. Hostage told reporters at a media roundtable during the Air...
