What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: In a letter to Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Arizona, and ranking Democratic member Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the 11 senators ask for the 2016 defense authorization bill to provide continued funding for the A-10 Thunderbolt and prohibit the jet’s demise. Only return the topic.
Senators requesting funding for the A-10 Thunderbolt in the 2016 defense authorization bill