Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
That last bit is semi interesting ; "purge the fleet of thin densed chrome". There has been a (roughly) 20 year long effort among DoD activities to stop using a variety of materials (sealants, primers, conversion coatings, etc) that are chrome based. I wonder if they are changing chrome plating to {some other hard material} in its place.
I am reminded of this accident when I hear the failure mode described:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/188940