The A-10 close-air support plane appears likely to survive another fiscal brush with death as both Senate and House committees have passed defense bills with proposed funding to keep several squadrons flying.
The $103 million needed to begin replacing wings on 110 of the so-called Warthogs was passed as part of both chambers’ annual defense policy bills Wednesday and a House defense appropriations bill Thursday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House and Senate and signed by the president before becoming law.
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