Carter Touts ‘Arsenal Plane,’ Surrenders on A-10

Credit: A-10: USAF
The new U.S. defense budget to be published Feb. 9 will include initial development of an “arsenal plane” that would operate in conjunction with Lockheed Martin F-22s and F-35s and “act as a very large magazine,” according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Based on “one of our oldest platforms,” the...

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