Check shows assembly to raise and lower C-17's stabilizer
NO INSPECTIONS: The U.S. Air Force currently has no plans to check the C-17 airlifter's horizontal stabilizer, which resembles that of the MD-80 airliner. Failure of a nut that holds the jackscrew that raises and lowers the stabilizer on the MD-80 and similar Boeing-built twinjets is thought to have...
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