headquarters 9400 flair dr. el monte california usa key people ron winkler vp number of employees 150 2010 1 website www.cobham.com sargent fletcher is a subsidiary company of cobham plc. which makes aircraft equipment including aerial refueling systems external fuel tanks and special purpose pods . contents 1 history 2 customers 3 see also 4 references history edit sargent fletcher was founded in 1940 2 and 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 . 3 it was later closed in 2010 . customers edit 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 . 4 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 northrop f 5 panavia tornado see also edit fletcher aviation references edit bnet sargent fletcher company profile jane s profile health effects of sargent fletcher plant are hard to discern october 27 1994 deborah sullivan la times navy expects kc 130j deliveries under revised refueling pod plan defense daily april 11 2003 v t e cobham plc people alan cobham subsidiaries cobham analytic solutions cobham aviation services australia cobham technical services era technology ltd nash & thompson sargent fletcher sparta inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sargent fletcher & oldid 673891249 categories aerospace companies of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county californiael monte californiamanufacturing companies based in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2015 at 05 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view