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Federal Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Tuesday March 21, 2023 ( 1 items )  

Grissom AFB: Maintainers Race to Replace KC-135 Tail Pins
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Indiana, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force's 434th Air Refueling Wing issued the following news: By Douglas Hays, 434th ARW Public Affairs Grissom maintainers moved with the efficiency of an Indy-car pit crew replacing the pins in a few Grissom KC-135R Stratotankers. The pin replacement was mandated by a time compliance technical order in mid-February to identify tail pins that were not to the specifications required for aviation. All Airborne Warning and Control Syste  more