Sargent Fletcher is a subsidiary company of Cobham plc. which makes aircraft equipment, including aerial refueling systems, external fuel tanks, and special purpose pods.
History Sargent-Fletcher Company was created by A. J. Industries decision to merge the Sargent Engineering Corporation and Fletcher Aviation Corporation in June 1963. It had acquired the former in late 1961 and the latter in October 1958. Sargent-Fletcher was bought by Cobham in 1994.
According to a 1991 report the company submitted to regional air quality officials, the company's El Monte chrome-plating plant showed the highest cancer-risk level of any business in the San Gabriel Valley. It was later closed in 2010.
Customers The KC-130J was supposed to be equipped with Flight Refuelling Ltd's Mk32B-901E hose-and-drogue units, but operational problems meant that the aircraft went into production using equipment from Sargent Fletcher instead.
Aircraft using Sargent Fletcher equipment include:
Boeing 707 Dassault Mirage 5 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Lockheed C-130 Hercules / HC-130 / KC-130 / MC-130 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Northrop F-5 Panavia Tornado
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