AZ-SEN: McSally used former Norwegian air force jet in ad
The plane that U.S. Sen. Martha McSally climbs into in a recent campaign ad is a former Norwegian Air Force jet that is now privately owned and is a model that hasn’t been used by the United States Air Force since the 1980s.
The ad, named “Your Fighter,” was released in late September and features McSally, the first woman in U.S. history to fly a fighter jet in combat, in a flight suit while speaking about her history becoming a fighter pilot as she gets into the cockpit of a fighter jet that has the words “United States Air Force” on it.
A press release about the ad says that the jet is privately owned and that the use of the images does not imply an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense. It also recognizes that the aircraft in question is not an A-10 Warthog, the aircraft McSally flew. No taxpayer money was used for the ad either, the release states.
The United States military can’t provide military equipment to politicians for their campaigns as it would be a violation of the Hatch Act, which restricts political activities by federal employees.
A spokeswoman for McSally said they did not have anything to add other than what was in the release about the ad.
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