Title: Air Force Grounds Refueling Jets Summary: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force has temporarily grounded more than one-third of its fleet of KC-135 air refueling aircraft after discovering a problem with a stabilizer part on the tail section, officials said today.

Source: AP Online Date: 02/29/2000 13:12

LINK FULL STORY

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 29, 2000

Answers

Dee, thanks for the link.

Problems were found in the manufacturing of parts for the tail section.

Now, just where were those parts manufactured? China?

-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.XNet), February 29, 2000.

Good question Lurkess.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 29, 2000.

Those parts were probably made right here in the good old USofA about *forty years ago*. KC-135 production dates from about 1955 to 1964. The KC-135 is the precursor to the Boeing 707 and shares many of the same parts.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), February 29, 2000.

This is good news! A lot less $^&^* freaking chemtrails this week and next!

-- sickoflies (flyboys@spray.on.orders.clueless), February 29, 2000.

If I were a betting man, I'd say the contract was let to a USA based contractory who subcontracted to an outsider or outside labor source.

Another call for a web based listing of all government subcontracting and then subsequent contracts......

-- another government hack (keepwatching_2000@yahoo.om), February 29, 2000.

Sorry, should read "subcontractor who..." .Darn, I can't even type it straight anymore, no wonder the general public can't track it down.

-- another government hack (keepwatching_2000@yahoo.com), February 29, 2000.

WW, know the original, forty-year-ago parts were made in the U.S., but what about replacement parts over the years. Do we still have a good sized inventory of the original parts?

Sick of Lies, yes, I agree with you. Perhaps this will curtail the chemtrail spraying for awhile. Interestingly, these are some of the same types of planes observed by many of the chemtrail watchers.

-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.XNet), March 01, 2000.

Thank you all for your input. This is an important story IMHO. I see Hawk has an update for us on a new thread. Lots of good posts there.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), March 01, 2000.