A-10s, F-16s targeted in latest budget talks

Key lawmakers debating the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill are likely leaning toward freezing some aircraft cuts, while targeting some A-10s and F-16s for the chopping block, according to sources familiar with the process.

Meanwhile, the Air Force has offered a plan that would call for deeper cuts in active-duty personnel while restoring most of the planned cuts to Air National Guard personnel over the next five years, according to Air Force budget documents obtained by Air Force Times. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/12/air-force-a10s-f16s-targeted-latest-budget-talks-121712/