Manufacturing defect root of F-15C crash
A manufacturing defect is the root cause for the failure of a primary structure that contributed to the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C last November, the U.S. Air Force says. The upper right side longeron was poorly manufactured by F-15 producer McDonnell Douglas in the 1970s, said Air...
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