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Old 31st Aug 2020, 00:28
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09
KC-10A 86-0036 had 33,000 flying hours on it when it was retired.
Pardon my ignorance, but 33.000 seems well below a reasonable number of hours to warrant retirement. Any specifics on the mission pattern that would bat the airframe so hard?

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