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Excerpt from The U. S. Air Force's Air Refueling Tanker Requirements and Readiness: Hearing Before the Projection Forces Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eight Congress, First Session, Hearing Held June 24, 2003
And the chiefs words to me were, 'wh'y do we not just replace the piece? Well, the piece was a several tens of thousands of dol lars piece and several thousands of man-hours.
So if you can eliminate the corrosion, then in fact you can save some money. So they take that economical approach.
I relate it to my 1959 Chevy that I had when I was growing up in Cincinnati and the rocker panels down front, which is where you get the corrosion. And you would grind away and grind away. And then when you would finally get through to the metal, you would find out, Oh, my goodness, look at how much corrosion I really have there.
But in summary of that answer, then, is that there are pieces of equipment that are out there. Many of them are brought in from similar equipment in the medical field. But there is always the time where you do have to go in and open it up to really make your determination of how much work you have to do.
Mr. Taylor. In your testimony, you do not outline any alter natives I realize it was not the purpose of this hearing. But I do not want to miss this opportunity to hear if you are looking at any alternatives and what they would be.
General zettler. And I am not sure that I understand the na ture of the question.
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