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Offutt AFB Rivet Joint Maintainers Achieve Rare Black-Letter Status
March 10, 2023
OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, March 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news:

Aircraft maintainers from the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron achieved a Black-Letters status on RC-135V/W Rivet Joint tail number 4841 March 3, 2023.

Black-Letter status is a maintenance term indicating there were no flyable or non-flyable discrepancies annotated in red ink following an inspection, with only the inspector's last name and product . . .

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