>WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of Air Mobility Command’s C-130 Hercules fleet are being temporarily removed from service after “atypical” cracking was found.
Is the next spot for C-130 the scrap yard, Jow Forums?
US Air Force pauses flight ops for more than a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
Brody Cooper
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Henry Taylor
Yeah
Carson Torres
nope, they will just have a major overhaul and be sent to shops to have whatever is cracked removed and replaced. no ones going to ground an aircraft they rely so heavily on for something like that.
shit shakes, shit cracks, she gets an overhaul, shit flies again.
Kayden Watson
well they wont get grounded permanently anyway.
Lincoln Murphy
should have bought Antonov.
Christian Sanders
Seems like it's more an issue of age than an inherent design flaw or defect. The article pretty much says they only grounded the ones that didn't get the service extension upgrades yet.
David Foster
more than likely a mod team will be brought in, ive seen a bunch of ac-130 job listings lately asking for experienced sheet metal mechanics. they already knew it was coming, im sure there was a service bulletin put out. its literally nothing the media is just hyping shit they dont understand
Nolan Gray
Shame...Still using a 50+ years old design and airframe...Why can't the Bras in Pentagon agree to fund a new design or buy European superior tactical transport aircraft?
Isaac Bennett
C-130 frame has been a reliable work horse for decades and and possibly someday even a century. Plus the advancements being made with the J-models cements this longevity. It would be more expensive and time consuming do replace the current fleet with something newer, and unnecessary with something that doesn’t really need to be replaced.
Christopher Wood
> cracking
Yeah, cracking open a cold one with the buys. C130s are here for the long haul.
Nathaniel Wilson
Should've bought Airbus
Jose King
>superior
A400 is plagued by all sorts of problems and can't deliver some of the mission sets that C-130 can
Even the Germans have finally decided to buy C-130s after 50 years of holding out, because A400 hasn't lived up to expectations
Jeremiah Anderson
Planes crack.
All planes start cracking from the instant they first take to the air. There is no way to stop this happening but there is an entire to field of engineering dedicated to calculating how quickly these cracks appear and grow over the course of an airframes life.
The fact that a bunch of old C130s have been grounded due to atypical cracking is therefore not especially significant. Presumably those airframes have experienced conditions that accelerated crack growth, such as extremely hot or cold weather or even just higher than expected levels of usage over the course of their service life.
Angel Johnson
>Planes crack.
these are atypical cracks.
Andrew Collins
So many NDI inspections.
Liam Diaz
rip to the C-130 crews stuck in Greenland right now
Brandon Hill
No shit, but we have no idea what the context for calling the cracks atypical are in this instance
Robert Cruz
FUCK
Austin Ortiz
Thule?
If I had all the money in the world Id resurrect the remains of that B-29 up there. you could use the one in lake mead as well and you would have enough parts to restore both of them to static.
I still have nightmares about that docu.
I miss you Kee Bird, I miss you so god damn much :'(
Owen Stewart
Yes that's what "atypical" means.
Gavin Gray
>I still have nightmares about that docu.
We all do, user
Nathan Gutierrez
Fuck that was the most I've ever cried during a movie.
Jason Clark
Couldn't bring myself to watch that documentary. Just thankful to Tony Mazzolini, Doc's Friends, and god that Doc got back up and flying.
>it should've been the trinity of superfortresses
Colton Moore
I was lucky enough to see Doc at her debut in Oshkosh definitely a sight to behold
She could still be rescued and rebuilt, it would just cost a ton and take a few decades. Liberty belle is being rebuilt after her fire.
It would definetly cost a ton, but when you consider the effort that went in to get glacier girl I could see it happen.
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Nolan Turner
Jaxson Butler
A shame they don't bring back what's left, a lot of it is in good condition.
Jayden Adams
Even Russian Air Force are wisely decided to used Airbus A-400M for transport.
Austin Fisher
Fuck man
Michael Reyes
airbus is doing something right
Caleb Johnson
Malaysian Air Force, actually. We bought the A400M under shady deals with the Frogs. But after teething problems, they seem to perform well. Should we have bought it? No, it was overpriced and lined some politician's pocket. But it works (now).
Evan Parker
Are they all suffering bird strikes?
Oliver Gomez
I'd defo put that on my wall.
Luis Moore
Sorry user, bird strike remains have to be sent to Carla Dove at the Smithsonian so she can log them.
Tyler Perry
Clearly the way to go is Airbus,
Nathan Walker
>Didn't buy Airbus
Dumb faggots fucked up.
American aviation is now permanently fucked by corporate greed and movement away from building good products, to returning shareholder value at any cost.
Dominic Thompson
>Clearly the way to go is Airbus,
t. airbus shill
Nolan Butler
As if you needed to shill for a company when its main competitor's planes just randomly dive and explode
Asher Torres
I like how they say its a Herc but the picture is a J model.
Grayson Jenkins
A400M hasn't exactly had a smooth start.
Noah Perry
>‘atypical’ cracking
Was Ukraine involved in the production? If so, I have some bad news for you.
Ryder Walker
>Buying *krainian
David Rodriguez
C O P E
Jackson Powell
Cope about what?