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To: Spktyr

Well, some tooling does exist, since the A-10 fleet has been getting new wings (effectively zero-timing the airframe). Apart from that, there are plenty in storage out at AMARG/Davis-Monthan to act as a reserve for far more attrition than can be expected over the next 20-30 years.

The 1990s tooling destruction that was really painful was the F-14. That was Dick Cheney using the Tomcat as a political weapon in a spat he had with the NY Congressional delegation, which kept getting more and more Bs and Ds added back into the budget.


55 posted on 01/27/2015 9:19:03 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

Actually, Boeing had to start from scratch to build those new wings. Yes, there is now tooling for the wing, but nothing else.


56 posted on 01/27/2015 10:35:21 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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