From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Feb 14 2004 - 10:09:17 PST
At 12:55 PM -0500 2/14/04, Stephen & Jeanne Keith wrote:
>What about the B-52's?
>They are a LOT older than the C-141's and will be
>flying till at least 2040...
But the airframes for the C141's were constantly
used over the past years hauling everything from
icmbs to MREs from one side of the world to the
other. The C141s went through a re-engine program
some time back, but there's only so much you can
do before the entire airframe has reached its
limits of life.
Only ~50 have enough service life left (fewest
damage hours) to be useful through 2006. Those
that are still useful have been transferred to
the guard to limit their hours and he active duty
aircraft retired due to age.
>I HATE to see our (yours and mine) tax $$ wasted!
>Forget the urban myth of the $500 hammer....
>I spoke to the test Engineers at Aberdeen when they
>were evaluating the Stweart and Stephenson trucks
>and asked specifically if they had problems with the
>seals in the axles (tires run 105 psi) and the Engineer
>told me they had lots of problem with the eval vehicles.
>Now the M35A3's are going to have this expensive
>(not need in MHO) CTIS thrown away?
The M35s are going to be sold off. They're
disposing of them all as I understand it They're
near end of life from a military standpoint. Just
like the M151s were.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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