Piece of cloth helps cause $6.7M in engine damage to F-22
COSTLY CLOTH: There are reasons why defense spending is so hard to predict. Air Force officials are documenting how a slightly flawed technical order and a small piece of cloth caused $6.7 million in damage to the engine of a brand-new F-22. The 27th Fighter Squadron from Langley Air Force Base, Va...
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