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Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled and stripped of their paint so technicians can analyze every inch of the aircraft.
It s 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 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.
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 and is about to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, after spending 10 years at the Boneyard of the 309th AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, all types undergoing PDM, including C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters, the U.S. Air Force largest aircraft, are disassembled and stripped off their paint.
- December 15, 2020, 6:17 AM
Although an XQ-58A Valkyrie “attritable” unmanned vehicle could not take part in the connectivity aspects of the recent trial due to technical failure, it was flown alongside an F-22 and F-35. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
On December 9 the U.S. Air Force undertook inflight connectivity trials with the Lockheed Martin F-22A and F-35A fighters, each of which carried a GatewayOne payload. Thanks to this equipment, the two aircraft passed critical mission data between themselves and ground nodes.
Conducted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Air Force Lifecycle Management Center (AFLMC), with the 46th Test Squadron from Eglin AFB, the trials took place over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. They involved an F-22 from the Edwards AFB-based 411th Flight Test Squadron and an F-35A from the Nellis AFB-based 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron.