Originally Posted by
trip
It looked like a power application on the right side as indicated by exhaust smoke followed by the VMC roll.
I noticed that as well.
Originally Posted by
joepilot
The aircraft will be fully mission capable. On paper.
The engines will have been exchanged for the oldest, most trouble prone engines on the base. Same with the radar and radios.
Joe
Exactly. The one jet I took to the boneyard was safe per the forms but you know MX put the most troublesome parts into that jet before it left. In addition, the mission gear was in shambles and much of it didn't work.