Big John wrote in
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:02:45 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Jay Maynard wrote in
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On 2008-01-18, wrote:
Boeing sent an AOG team
^^^
What's an AOG team?

Aircraft On Ground. That one fits the description if any one ever did.


Bertie
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Bertie

Air Force used AOCP (Aircraft Out (of) Commission, Parts). Highest
priority.

When I was in PANAMA and we had a bird broken down country we would
take the part and hand to an Airline Pilot going that way (Braniff
many times) who carried in cockpit and handed to the aircrew of our
broken bird. These parts did not go through customs as bird would sit
there for weeks to get part released.

We also helped them the same way if we could. I remember loaning them
parts which they then paid us back from their US stock.. No money
changed hands as all a gentlemans agreement.

I think this is ICAO. You often see AOG tagged on crates going cargo. As
another poster said, it's given high priority during shipment.


Bertie