Spinney: E/F fixes uncertain, but avoid redesign

Franklin Spinney of the Pentagon's Program Analysis and Evaluation office yesterday called the Navy's potential fixes for the F/A-18E/F wing drop problem "band aids," but said they were preferable to redesigning all or part of the wing, which would temporarily halt production. "We have no idea how...

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