USAF Grounds KC-135 to Investigate Faulty Tail Assembly Part Written 16 February 2023

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USAF Grounds KC-135 to Investigate Faulty Tail Assembly Part

KC-135Rs at twilight on the flight line | Credit: U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer; Wikipedia; Public Domain

Aviation Week reports that the US Air Force “has temporarily grounded its workhorse Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker fleet, along with reconnaissance variants of the airframe, until they can be inspected for a nonconforming part in the tail assembly.”
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