Technicians from the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, traveled to Moody AFB, Ga., earlier this month to train A-10 maintainers how to repair major cracks on the close air support aircraft. The Air Force in October identified some 130 A-10s with so-called thin-skin wings that potentially have major fatigue cracking problems, grounding the aircraft pending inspection and repair. The depot team passed on their crack-repair knowledge to the Moody maintainers, giving them hands-on instruction with some of the more than 10 Hogs at the Georgia facility that need repair. Joining the Moody airmen were another 40 active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command maintainers from units that fly A-10s. “It would cost too much to fly all the aircraft to Hill,” said MSgt. Steve Grimes, Air Combat Command Headquarters A-10 maintenance liaison. He added, “It would also take longer to repair all since three could only be sent at a time.” (Moody report by A1C Frances Locquiao)
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?