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Arizona lawmakers blast ‘ridiculous’ plan to retire A-10 fighter jets

Whitney Ogden, Cronkite News Service//April 11, 2014//

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Arizona lawmakers blast ‘ridiculous’ plan to retire A-10 fighter jets

Arizona lawmakers blast ‘ridiculous’ plan to retire A-10 fighter jets

Whitney Ogden, Cronkite News Service//April 11, 2014//

WASHINGTON – Arizona congressmen Thursday renewed calls for the Pentagon to drop its “absolutely ridiculous” plan to retire the A-10 fighter, saying the replacement F-35 is 10 times as costly...

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