F/A-18E/F completes one lifetime of fatigue testing.
THE F/A-18E/F completed its first lifetime of testing through the full- scale fatigue test airframe (FT50) in St. Louis, Boeing reported yesterday. One lifetime of fatigue testing is equal to 6,000 flight hours, or about 20 years of operational use. FT50, a structurally complete airframe without...
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