F-16D | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 82 U.S. Air Force F-16Ds Grounded due to Cracks https://airflightdisaster.com/82-u-s-air-force-f-16ds-grounded-due-to-cracks/ Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:22:44 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=28883 On August 19, the U.S. Air Force said that they grounded 82 two-seater F-16D fighter jets because of canopy sill longeron cracks discovered between the front and rear pilots seats. One hundred and fifty-seven F-16Ds were inspected by individual F-16 units and the cracks were discovered in 82. According to the Air Force sources, the...

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]]> On August 19, the U.S. Air Force said that they grounded 82 two-seater F-16D fighter jets because of canopy sill longeron cracks discovered between the front and rear pilots seats.

One hundred and fifty-seven F-16Ds were inspected by individual F-16 units and the cracks were discovered in 82. According to the Air Force sources, the 24 years old F-16D fleet is primarily used for training.

Lt. Col. Steve Grotjohn, Weapons System Division deputy chief said, “As aircraft accumulate flight hours, cracks develop due to fatigue from sustained operations… Fortunately, we have a robust maintenance, inspection and structural integrity program to discover and repair deficiencies as they occur.”

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