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Lee Ann Shay
April 01, 2026
Credit: AW&ST Archive
A little event held in a ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas in 1996 launched the acronym MRO and the aviation aftermarket as we know it. Except for ads promoting MRO ’96—the first Aviation Week MRO conference and exhibition—the acronym MRO was nonexistent. M&E or E&M (engineering and…
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