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Old 08-19-07, 07:29 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by tycho102
I looked through the "official" website, and it does indeed look like they are flying those 20+ year old airframes. From one aspect, you could say it's an amazingly strong aircraft. From another aspect, they're all going to undergo catastrophic structural fatigue within months of each other. I'd honestly have reservations of them flying anywhere near inhabited areas. They've not been subjected to typical flight patterns and stress.
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Well as for the Airframes . . . that makes me wonder what their plan is when these airframes give out . . . I guess it's the era of the F-35C? If so, will the Thunderbirds follow suit using the F-35A?
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