The C-5 that crashed last spring—from crew error, per USAF—just shy of the airfield at Dover AFB, Del., had its wings removed last week by Ohio-based contractor InterGroup Intl. And, the rest of it gets dismantled this week. The contractor, which used “giant mobile shears,” according to an Air Force release, to clip the wings, plans to cut up, melt, and recycle what’s left of the giant airlifter. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center already claimed the cockpit, which they put to use as a C-5 avionics test bed.
The "Air Force One" replacement will be two to three years late due to pandemic issues, testing, and the loss of a subcontractor on the interior, USAF officials reported at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. They were also warned that some HASC members will insist on a competition of…