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C-130 to Replace E-6B?
- Thread starter Ozarky
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If I recall, that was the part. What is it that is causing them to fail fleet wide and why is it so expensive or burdensome?
You forgot the answer to everything: EF-35. ???
"For only a little bit more money..."
It's basically part of the structure the gear is attached to. It can start to crack over time. Mx inspects it on regular intervals and we are supposed to give it a look during preflight, but it's pretty hard to see, much less identify cracking on a preflight. @insanebikerboy may have read more about it than I have...
Yup, never seen one cracked but I look every preflight.
My guess is that the E-6B is so expensive to fix because there are so few of them. It’s the same reason the USAF is shitcanning the KC-10, smaller fleet so cost per plane is through the roof.
That ain't working out so well so far...
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You'll note I didn't comment on how well that plan has been working, just that it is The Plan.
Gotcha.
One of the ironies with the P-8 is that some VQ-1 guys went down to Boeing in the mid-late 90's and worked with them to see how to make a 737 into a military aircraft that could do the EP-3 mission, that supposedly helped them down the road when when they put the 737 in for the P-3 replacement. I know the EP-3 guys going to Boeing was for reals, the rest is a bit of VQ lore that probably is a mixture of fact and fiction.
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EP-8 and P-8 should have been a 757. Change my mind!
At least the Iranians put them to good use as target drones.
