Posted on Aug 8, 2019
Air Force grounds 100 C-130 aircraft due to "atypical cracks"
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The US Air Force temporarily removed 123 C-130 Hercules aircraft from service on Wednesday, citing the discovery of "atypical cracks" on "the lower center wing joint" during scheduled depot maintenance.
Gen. Maryanne Miller the commander of the Air Force's Air Mobility Command "ordered the temporary removal of 123 of 450 Total Force C-130 Hercules from service on August 7, after atypical cracks were discovered" during programmed depot maintenance," Air Mobility Command said in a statement.
Only planes with over 15,000 equivalent flight hours are to be inspected.
Gen. Maryanne Miller the commander of the Air Force's Air Mobility Command "ordered the temporary removal of 123 of 450 Total Force C-130 Hercules from service on August 7, after atypical cracks were discovered" during programmed depot maintenance," Air Mobility Command said in a statement.
Only planes with over 15,000 equivalent flight hours are to be inspected.
Air Force grounds 100 C-130 aircraft due to "atypical cracks"
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