Air Force to Junk Fleet of Firefly Training Planes
From Times Wire Reports
The Air Force has decided to destroy its entire fleet of 110 T-3A Firefly training planes, which were grounded in 1997 after crashes that killed six people.
The Air Force purchased the British-made, propeller-driven planes for $32 million, and spent $10 million trying to make them airworthy after they were grounded. The aerobatic Firefly went into service in 1993, replacing the T-41. Three Air Force Academy cadets and three instructors were killed in crashes.
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