Lockheed Martin pushing F-16 service life to 12,000 hours

Lockheed Martin is taking steps to kept the F-16 flyable up to 12,000 hours.

“It’s quite realizable that we can get up to 12,000hr on the airplanes,” said Rod McLean, vice president of Lockheed’s F-16/F-22 integrated fighter group,

[thumb]http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-prepares-to-usher-f-16-through-12000h-service-409254/[/thumb]