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THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE FOR MAINTAINERS AT MILDENHALL
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Regulatory Intelligence Data
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July 11, 2000| Author:
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ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England (AFPN) -- Their tools are
fluorescent green dye and x-rays; their job is to detect microscopic
cracks
and defects in aircraft parts.
The six highly skilled airmen who make up the Non-Destructive
Inspection Flight here have one mission in mind, find the defects,
which
are usually invisible to the naked eye, and take the parts out of
service
before a tragedy can occur.
Non-destructive inspection is the broad term given to the science
of
defect location. To understand NDI, said Tech. Sgt. Marc Bellucci,
NDI
section chief, think ...
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