Maintainers meet for A-10 repair lesson

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On the first day of repairs for A-10C Thunderbolt wing sections, 40 airmen from eight bases began the task of preparing five A-10C models for simultaneous repair at Moody Air Force Base on Nov. 7. Airmen not assigned to Moody will learn how to repair the A-10C wing section, and then they will return to their home station to teach other airmen how to make the repairs.


Maintainers meet for A-10 repair lesson
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 17:08:07 EST

Wing crack worries continue to ground about 190 A-10 Thunderbolts.

To get the fighters back into the sky more quickly, a team of traveling trainers is teaching maintainers to repair the cracks at their home bases.

About 40 technicians from several A-10 bases gathered Nov. 12 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., for hands-on instruction from a repair team from Ogden Air Logistics Center, Utah.

The Air Force had considered repairing most of the cracked wings at Ogden, the center for A-10 overhauls, but doing the work at bases where A-10s are assigned should save money and time.

“It would cost too much to fly all the aircraft to Hill (Air Force Base, Utah),” said Master Sgt. Steve Grimes, Air Combat Command headquarters A-10 maintenance liaison. “It would also take longer to repair all (of the planes) since three could only be sent at a time.”


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