Programmed Depot News Today

US Air Force/Joseph Mather Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled and stripped of their paint so technicians can analyze every inch of the aircraft. Its a detailed process meant to find and fix defects so aircraft can be sent back to their home stations like they were (almost) brand new. Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed "Wise Guy", flying again after undergoing Programmed...

Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled, stripped off the paint. Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed “Wise Guy”, flying again after undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. As many of our readers noticed, the Stratofortress bomber was completely “naked”, with all the paint stripped off. Although “Wise Guy” is an aircraft that was resurrected, regenerated...