[Tallguy]

A few years back a Missouri ANG F-15C literally snapped in half while in the air. So while that kind of catastrophic failure is rare, it does suggest that the high-time air frames are done for.

[Zhang Fei]

[A few years back a Missouri ANG F-15C literally snapped in half while in the air. So while that kind of catastrophic failure is rare, it does suggest that the high-time air frames are done for.]

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Thanks. You’d think ground crew inspections would catch stuff like that.

[mabarker1]

YIKES!!!

[Elsie]

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Jan 11, 2008 — 

The F-15C cracked in half and the cockpit landed separately from the rest of the wreckage. ...

second test flight, soaring into a crisp, perfect Missouri sky over Lambert Field. ...

“Number two's airplane just broke in half!” ...

William Wignall, head of the Air Force accident investigation board, said during a press ...