Beaufort Hornets Face Inspection Again

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Beaufort Hornets Face Inspection Again
December 18, 2008
The Beaufort Gazette

Hornet squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., are waiting to find out if the Marine Corps will require them to again inspect their F/A-18s, this time in the wake of last week's crash in San Diego.

Ongoing investigations into the crash that killed three people near MCAS Miramar last week will determine whether the Corps mandates immediate safety inspections of all 635 of its fighter jets, said Maj. David Nevers, Corps spokesman at Headquarters Marine Corps.

If the jets are examined again, it would be the second such inspection in the past three months.

In October, the Navy ordered the inspections of all F/A-18s in its inventory after fatigue cracks in a vital outer wing panel were found during a post-flight inspection at MCAS Beaufort.

There appears to be no relationship between the cracks and last week's crash, according to the Corps.


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