FAA airworthiness directive affects military C-9s

FLAP CHECK: Military C-9s are affected by an FAA airworthiness directive aimed at DC-9 jets through the -50 series. The AD, based on a Boeing bulletin issued in September, requires measurements of flap hinge fittings for cracks that could cause inadvertent flap extension.

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