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 Air Force Grounds F-15 FleetPosted on Nov 6, 2007
The Air Force has decided to ground all 676 F-15 fighter jets in service because of a recent crash that is thought to have originated from a mechanical defect that may have caused the plane to break up in flight.
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By Frank, November 7, 2007 at 3:44 pm #
If the safety inspections lead to a significant reduction of airworthy F-15s, it means F-22 production and procurement will likely accelerate.
This could be a huge boon for Lockheed-Martin , as well as providing new material for conspiracy theorists to obsess over for some time to come.
Report thisBy Douglas Chalmers, November 6, 2007 at 11:46 pm #
Oh! The next 5 years are going to be embarrassing for the USA. Who’s going to fight next week’s or next month’s war that has already been fomented?
There are a number of implications. One is that the US hadn’t intended to attack anyone in the next couple of months. That doesn’t necessarily apply to other countries, though.
The alternative is to use ICBM’s in any imminent conflict. Iran, Pakistan, Syria.......!!!
The other possibility is to use the Israeli airforce to attack everyone in the M.East in the meantime.......!?!?
Report thisBy G.Anderson, November 6, 2007 at 10:43 pm #
The same thing happened in Gulf War I.
It takes a while for the corrosive cleaning compounds used by the military, to eat away at the composit materials in those jets.
Luckily, for their contractors most people have short memory’s.
Report thisBy DennisD, November 6, 2007 at 6:19 pm #
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I haven’t done a damn thing to my F15 except change the oil regularly and it seems to be running fine.
I think I’ll recheck the ejection seat module again just in case.
19..f**kin..80!- what the hell am I paying taxes for besides the can of “new jet smell” spray they use in the cockpit every 10 years.
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