Wing Cracks Ground Many A-10s

[unhappycamper]

Wing Cracks Ground Many A-10s
October 06, 2008
Arizona Daily Star

Nearly three dozen of the warplanes flown from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base have been grounded indefinitely after the Air Force found wing cracks in part of the service's aging fleet.

The problem, had it not been detected, had the potential to cause wings to fall off, a military aviation expert said.

The Air Force on Friday ordered the immediate grounding of 130 of the 400 or so A-10 Thunderbolt II jets in use around the world.

Eighty-two of the A-10s are assigned to D-M. Of those, 34 were grounded for inspection and repair in response to the Air Force order.

Tucson is home to the world's largest fleet of the aircraft, since D-M is the nation's premier training site for A-10 pilots.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/wing-cracks-ground-many-a10s.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Wings falling off airplanes is not a good thing

[madrchsod]

2. how many thousands of hours do these old birds have?

even a warthog has to get some rest