Army inspecting Apache tail rotors after crash.
U.S. ARMY CREWS will inspect all 743 of the service's AH-64 Apache attack helicopters after a crash at Fort Rucker, Ala., last January was traced to a crack in a hangar bearing in the tail rotor system. Hydrogen embrittlement is suspected as the cause of the stress corrosion fractures that cost the...
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