Senate targets $62 million subsidy for Northrop F-5 export plane
A coalition of Pentagon critics in the Senate questions a House approved $62 million subsidy to Northrop Corp to retool Hawthorne California to build an improved F-5 Freedom Fighter for foreign sales. Rep. L Mendel Rivers led the push amid skepticism about the defense budget and foreign military programs.
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