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To: ZOOKER
Better hope they NEVER break. IIRC the company that built it doesn't exist anymore

Fairchild Republic is all gone. All the dies and tools to make the A-10 have been destroyed. We'll never see another new A10, for sure.

66 posted on 01/15/2016 6:11:01 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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Boeing rebuilt the tooling for the wings for the recent re-winging effort.

The stresses on the fuselages are low enough that they’ll, functionally, never wear out. There’s not even a need for new engines since the A-10 uses the same ones as the now-retired USN S-3 fleet. So, again, plenty of spares.


70 posted on 01/15/2016 6:40:05 AM PST by tanknetter
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