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Monday, November 10, 2008

FRCSE Delivers First Red-Striped P-3 Back to the Fleet

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed repairs on the first Red-striped P-3C and delivered the aircraft to its squadron in Brunswick, Maine.

The term “Red-stripe” comes from the diagonal red stripe on the Airworthiness Bulletin that grounded 39 P-3C aircraft in December 2007 for structural fatigue concerns on a portion of the lower outer wing, called Zone 5.

These 39 aircraft comprise approximately one quarter of the P-3C fleet, many of which have been flying for more than 25 years.

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