Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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raratt
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injinji
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When the Saipan was in dry dock in Portsmouth I was always amazed at how only five of any fifteen man yardbird party would work at any one time. When I ask them about it, they all said, "job security." Our tax dollars at work.
hostagecs
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true story, we did back to back war cruises early 2000's, we had most of the ship running good, i worked in engineering and the flight deck, we went into dry dock and it was such a shit show that we flooded the kitty hawk like 10 times trying to get out of dry dock
BarnBuster
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Here's some photos. Pretty damn cool. They have 27 that are still airworthy. Didn't think they had that many. Too bad they don't have a way (cheaply) to make them more stealthy.
Air Force prepares to retire U-2 spy planes in 2026
Congress needs to approve the retirement plan, which has run afoul of lawmakers in the past.
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raratt
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It's my understanding they are taking them out of service once they hit the flight hours that require depot maintenance. They are basically rebuilt once they go to depot (Palmdale).Here's some photos. Pretty damn cool. They have 27 that are still airworthy. Didn't think they had that many. Too bad they don't have a way (cheaply) to make them more stealthy.
Air Force prepares to retire U-2 spy planes in 2026
Congress needs to approve the retirement plan, which has run afoul of lawmakers in the past.
hostagecs
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is it a phase rebuild or a total? done a few phase birds when i worked on blackhawks
raratt
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I think there are 3 phase inspections prior to depot maintenance. I spent months in the engine bay of the U-2 doing wiring mods during phase inspections. Depot maintenance pulls all the panels and inspects all the stringers and frame, basically a rebuild.
BarnBuster
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My first (and only) job post military was running a machinest shop. We had a problematic employee & the owners were looking to get rid of him (knowing he was a full time stoner + other chem cocktails) so they came to me one day & told me we were going to have a whiz quiz. My best friend (and owner of the shop) looked at me & said, "can you pass a piss test?" - told him no & he says "well, we'll have to go another route then.
injinji
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Ukraine has built some mine laying unmanned atv's. Looks like a cross between a shopping cart and one of the kits from a rich school's robotic competition, it just lays down a line of mines.
