Deal on defense bill would protect A-10s

Republicans and Democrats announced agreement Tuesday on a revised version of the massive defense policy bill to align it with the new budget agreement the president has signed into law. Among other things, the deal retains provisions in the vetoed 2016 defense authorization bill that block for a year the Air Force’s plan to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II close air-support jet — a mainstay of operations at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

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