The 552nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight recently won engineering approval to make and install the first 3-D printed part for E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.
By DoD photo by Senior Airman Diane S. Robinson, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The part – a plastic end cap for seat armrests – was printed using a Fortus 400mc 3-D printer.
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