Air Force officials say their already-challenged basic flight training program has been set back by a destructive thunderstorm that heavily damaged 12 T-6 Texan II trainers at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma July 20. Because of the power of the storm, which had wind gusts of up to 70 MPH, all the remaining 87 T-6s in the unit have to be thoroughly inspected for structural damage and for debris in the engines and other parts of the aircraft.
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