Nearly half of F-15s returned to flight

With 99 percent of its F-15A-D fleet inspected for a recently uncovered structural defect, nearly half of the air-to-air fighters have been returned to flight status, according to Air Combat Command (ACC). A crack in the upper right-side longeron was found to be the cause of a Missouri Air National...

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