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Fairchild A-10 ground-attack aircraft to get new wing
« on: August 31, 2006, 07:52:39 AM »
The US Air Force plans to replace the wings on its oldest Fairchild A-10s, in a move to keep its fleet of 356 of the ground-attack aircraft operational until 2028. The rewinging programme will follow the Lockheed Martin-led Precision Engagement (PE) avionics upgrade now under way.



"We are in the process of putting together a request for proposals," for the rewinging effort, says Col Jim Ratti, A-10 system programme manager, with production deliveries to begin in fiscal year 2010. The replacement wings will be based on the "thick-skin" design used in late-production A-10s, he says.



http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/08/30/208722/Fairchild+A-10+Warthog+ground-attack+aircraft+to+get+new+wings+in+20-year+extended+life+upgrade.html
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