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Air Force Life Cycle Management Center: Air Force Expands Inspections for KC-135 Fleet
February 17, 2023
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news:

The Air Force is directing inspections of KC-135 tanker aircraft for a non-conforming part in the vertical tail assembly. The Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) restricts flight operations until the approximately 30-minute inspection is completed.

The TCTO, issued February 14, follows a similar directive announced February 10 for each KC-135 to be inspec . . .

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