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Old 1st Nov 2010, 17:41
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JL - There have been a number of life-extension programs, but not a new airframe in a real sense, and not a case of new wings or anything like that. Not extensive as the center barrel replacement on the Hornet, as far as I know.

Mostly, extending service life to 8000 h involves replacing some highly loaded parts and modifying others.
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