11 hours ago11 hr The War ZoneC-17 Will Fly Until 80 Years Old Under New USAF Airlifter...The Air Force does not expect to have fully transitioned to its Next-Generation Airlift aircraft until 2075.Family of systems, new engines for C-17s, etc… lotta ideas in the article.Family of systems is a buzz phrase but probably the best COA. Crewed / Unmanned fleet
4 hours ago4 hr It’ll fly until they find cracks in the wing boxes like they did the C-141 and they immediately field a replacement.
1 hour ago1 hr And they started finding a lot more cracks when the 141s began doing SOLL. Lockheed said we didn't design the plane to do that.
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