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WHERE WE ARE NOW HIGHLIGHTS
SELF RELIANCE AND DO-IT-YOURSELF
APPROACH AT RJAF MAINTENANCE UNITS
The RJAF has a golden rule: If you need to do International studies have found that the F-16s
something, friends will help, but eventually you airframe has been sustaining to more heavy
have to learn to do it yourself. loads than was predicted when the jet fighter
was introduced in 1979. This resulted in several
This hands-on approach manifests itself in the unpredicted cracks in some of the airframe's
remarkable job done by all the maintenance units bulkheads.
in the Force's air bases, which carry scheduled and
unscheduled fixes of all equipment and aircraft, The RJAF teams fix these cracks, strengthen the
but a brilliant example is set by the MSAB team that structure and make the necessary replacements
carries out upgrades and major depot level repairs to maintain the structural integrity of the aircraft.
to the F-16 Aircraft.
They also carry out Falcon UP and Falcon STAR
The Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) workshop at the (Structural Augmentation Roadmap) maintenance
base is one of a kind in the Middle East. The initial programs, which, along with the MLU, ensure a
training for the crew started in 2007 in Turkey, and longer life and better performance of the aircraft.
then Jordanians took it from there, with most of the
training done on-job.
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