In 1971 VR-30 joined the Jet Age with two North American CT-39 Saberliners for high-speed executive airlift. In May 1973 the squadron received the first of four C-9B Skytrain II's to further improve its logistics support capability.
Vertical ridges can also be caused by nail injury and certain diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, according to Rich. If, instead of a series of ridges, there's a single vertical streak, cautions Krant, this could be a sign of a tumor growing at the root of the nail.
One study described treatment of fingernail deformities secondary to mucous cysts with removal of the osteophyte only, without excision of the ganglion or skin. In this study of 20 ganglion cysts, the ganglion did not recur in any patients, and two nails had residual grooves.