Structural Tests Target S-3B Service Life

Improvements made to the S-3B Viking as part of a service life extension program are being verified in full-scale fatigue tests being conducted by Lockheed Martin. If successful, the upgrades will allow the U.S. Navy to keep the aircraft in the fleet until 2015. S-3 fatigue life was set in the early...

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