Lawmaker wants L-3 to pay for damage done to RC-135V

Representative Jackie Speier from the U.S. House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee had written to Secretary of Air Force Deborah James, asking her to L-3 pay for damage caused by a fire to a RC-135V in April.

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Investigators determined that L-3 failed to tighten a nut in the plane’s oxygen system during depot maintenance. The nut came loose and cause a fire in the aircraft as it was about to take-off. The fire lead to a hole in the center of the plane.

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