MigBuster Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 A sad sight - but quite a lot more there than what they have found http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8530165.stm Quote
Slartibartfast Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) Yeah it was in one of our local free papers this morning... and they just have a snapshot of the place... If I ever get time to ride across the US this is on my list of places to visit... It is a sorrowful sight though seeing all those jets with nothing to do... and that the F-14's all the guts of them shredded to stop the Iranians getting their sticky mitts on them Edited February 23, 2010 by Slartibartfast Quote
DWCAce Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 It's always a sad sight. Especially since there's only one F-14 left out there. At least some of the other planes can give of themselves to keep others flying. Quote
Sakai Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 You could build yourself a respectable airforce out of what we throw away. There were like at least 70 F4 Phantoms, quite a few F-111s for the strike role, some A-7s, not to mention the F-14s. I swear I saw some legacy Hornets in there too. I would really love to just hang out there for a while, be like a kid in a candy store!!!! Quote
Derk Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) For scraplovers: go to Google Earth, type "Orenburg Russia" in the searchfunction, go about 24 miles N.E and you find something like AMARCSKI, "Orenburg Monthan"................, somewhat smaller but nonetheless impressive. Guess they have more places like that in Russia. Hou doe, Derk Edited February 23, 2010 by Derk Quote
DWCAce Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 Like I said, there's only one F-14 left there, and it's slated to go to a museum (hopefully). But I'll take some of those other a/c Quote
serverandenforcer Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 We have a F-14 at our museum. Painted in the Wolfpack colors. Quote
+whiteknight06604 Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 there is one in the New England Air museum.As soon as I can I'll post pics. Quote
DWCAce Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Not to steal WK's thunder, but here are some pics that I took in Sept '08 @ NEAM. F-14B BuNo. 162926 Quote
MiG Master Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 You could build yourself a respectable airforce out of what we throw away. There were like at least 70 F4 Phantoms, quite a few F-111s for the strike role, some A-7s, not to mention the F-14s. I swear I saw some legacy Hornets in there too. I would really love to just hang out there for a while, be like a kid in a candy store!!!! I read somewhere that AMARG used to give guided tours on a tram, but they stopped after 9/11. I have no idea if they started doing them again, but I would love to take that tour. Quote
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