USAF grounds 30 C-130Es due to wing box cracks

Thirty U.S. Air Force C-130E aircraft have been grounded due to cracks in their center wing box sections, the Air Force said Feb. 11. Gen. John W. Handy, commander of Air Mobility Command (AMC), ordered the grounding after the C-130 System Program Office at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., suggested it...

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