Many nations are now keeping aircraft in their inventories longer than ever before. In many cases, aircraft are left in the inventory longer because they are still operationally effective; however, in most cases, they remain in the inventory because the money is not available to replace them. Aircraft, which are seeing the effects of aging through corrosion and fatigue cracking, are causing their operators to bear a significant economic burden to keep them operational with the potential for degradation of flight safety of aging aircraft if they are not maintained properly.


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    Title :

    USAF Strategy for Aging Aircraft Structures Research and Development


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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