Word: 46a
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another competitive fly-off has been inflicted on the Air Force, this time mainly by New York Congressmen and Senators. After lengthy study, the Air Force had decided it did not want to buy a new T-46A trainer, designed by Fairchild Republic at its development plant on New York's Long Island. The Air Force argued that it could save $2 billion by upgrading its current T-37 trainer, built by Cessna in Kansas, rather than buying 650 of the newer planes...
...Force's opinion did not deter the New York politicians from decrying the potential loss of 1,200 Long Island jobs and launching a "Save the T-46A" drive. The campaign climaxed in the Senate, where Republican Alphonse D'Amato and Democrat Daniel Moynihan teamed up to stage a 23 1/2-hr. filibuster in the closing days of the congressional session. They stalled passage of an omnibus spending bill long enough so that the Government began running out of funds and half a million federal workers had to be sent home. Their lost time cost taxpayers an estimated $62 million...