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Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled and stripped of their paint so technicians can analyze every inch of the aircraft.
It s a detailed process meant to find and fix defects so aircraft can be sent back to their home stations like they were (almost) brand new.
Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed Wise Guy , flying again after undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. As many of our readers noticed, the Stratofortress bomber was completely naked, with all the paint stripped off.
Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled, stripped off the paint.
Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed “Wise Guy”, flying again after undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. As many of our readers noticed, the Stratofortress bomber was completely “naked”, with all the paint stripped off. Although “Wise Guy” is an aircraft that was resurrected, regenerated and is about to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, after spending 10 years at the Boneyard of the 309th AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, all types undergoing PDM, including C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters, the U.S. Air Force largest aircraft, are disassembled and stripped off their paint.