User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 8:43:12 PM EDT
[#1]
The boneyard is a tragic place, i hate to see anything end up there.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 8:45:57 PM EDT
[#2]
I remember my dad mentioning... I think it was the F105s... they would land on an airfield, and chop it right there. Sad demise for such wonderful machines.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 9:07:33 PM EDT
[#3]
Argument in favour of not invading Iran. Would be a shame to shoot down the last in-service Tomcats.
Then again, it's probably a pretty decent way for them to go. NTM |
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 9:09:48 PM EDT
[#4]
I dont think any of theirs are still in the air. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 9:10:17 PM EDT
[#5]
that's not necessarily the case. if it's still a combat viable aircraft they winterize it and stick it out in the yard. if we need it, it will be re-furbed and flown away. look at davis-monthan on google earth. REALLY cool to see. not all the jets that land there get the chop |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 10:35:16 PM EDT
[#6]
 Hopefully at least a few will be put on static display or in museums. |
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 10:47:42 PM EDT
[#7]
They should put them on ebay.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 10:48:36 PM EDT
[#8]
Group buy? 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 11:06:20 PM EDT
[#9]
Static display in my backyard. Piss the neighbors off. 
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 3/25/2006 11:22:12 PM EDT
[#10]
The F-14 will live on in my VHS copy of Top Gun.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/26/2006 12:01:35 AM EDT
[#11]
They are indeed. They had been attrited down to just one squadron for a while, but they've basically had twenty-five years to reverse engineer the things, so they've been able to make spare parts and are back up to about two squadrons now. NTM |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/26/2006 6:19:48 AM EDT
[#12]
They've got at least five flying from the recent videos I've seen. Nothing but target drones against current generation AWACS, radar and missiles. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 1:20:07 PM EDT
[#13]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 1:25:58 PM EDT
[#14]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 1:31:20 PM EDT
[#15]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 1:31:35 PM EDT
[#16]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 1:40:54 PM EDT
[#17]
That Marine F-16N looks pretty cool too. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 3:15:24 PM EDT
[#18]
The one bound for Pensacola will be on display at the National Museaum of Naval Aviation. SG |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 4:17:41 PM EDT
[#19]
Loved the tribute to the F-14 vid. First Cap dead,now this.
San Diego,1986. Tanned,beautiful ladies on the beach,and F-14s from Miramar screaming overhead. Doesn't get any better than that!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 4:28:50 PM EDT
[#20]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 4:37:13 PM EDT
[#21]
I had the pleasure of being TDY for a few weeks at Davis-Monthan back in 1991 and I got to see the planes that they keep stockpiled there. It is indeed an awesome sight to see. Google Earth shows the planes, but it doesn't do the actual scene justice. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 6:28:03 PM EDT
[#22]
O.K. sounds like we need our own F-14....
Maybe a visit to the boneyard before the get to pulling parts.... Fence Wire Cutters - Check! Can of Fix a Flat - Check! Jumper Cables - Check! Couple of Jerry Cans of Jet Fuel - Check! All RIGHTY NOW!! - Kick the Tires and Light Those Fires!!! BIGGER_HAMMER 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 6:32:37 PM EDT
[#23]
Spool the engines up once a week.
|
|||
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 6:34:23 PM EDT
[#24]
The History Channel did a real good show on Davis Mountain a while back. Alot stuff there is stored for a long time before it gets chopped. Still, I hate to see the F14 go.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 6:55:00 PM EDT
[#25]
|
||||
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 7:06:52 PM EDT
[#26]
.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/28/2006 8:10:01 PM EDT
[#27]
I was at the Lone Star Biker Bash last year at the Texas Motorspeedway. There was an air show going on the same weekend.
Some F-14 driver decided that it would be fun to buzz the rally. My heart skipped a beat and several thousand bikers spilled their beer! It put a smile on my face. |
|
|
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
