DEL LAUGHERY

A nice tail close-up of F-15C, serial 79-0016, as she appeared in late 2015. She remains in storage as of the date of this post.

LiM-5 (Polish-built MiG-17), serial 1010, sits in storage, wingless, behind its powerplant, a Klimov WK-1F afterburning centrifugal flow turbojet. The powerplant was an improved version of the Klimov WK-1, which itself was an improved version of the Rolls-Royce RD-45 Nene, many of which had been copied and built by the Soviets without a license.

F/A-18C, BuNo 164719, during late 2014 resting in temporary storage provided by a protective cover. She would return to service by May of the following year.

Picked-over belly of a stored B-model F-16.

F-16C, serial 84-1307, as she appeared during 2013.

Nice close view of F-4D, serial 65-7498, as she appeared during November 2014.

F-4D, serial 66-7741 at the head of a row of derelict phantoms during April 2006.

Early morning shot of F-16A, serial 81-0772, during April 2013. She had been in storage for approximately eleven months when this photo was taken, and it was her second period of being so after serving the Italian Air Force for a time during the latter half of the 2000s through early 2012.

F-15C, serial 78-0525, seen during the Spring of 2015. By this time, she had been in storage for just less than five years, and it's where she remains today.

F-4C, serial 63-7711, as she appeared during April 2013. She would survive only two-and-a-half more years before she was hauled off and scrapped at a local yard.

Rows of F-16s sit in area 13 during April, 2006. These aircraft were to be the first converted to QF configuration once the supply of F-4s was exhausted.

F/A-18C, BuNo 163738, as seen during November, 2014. This aircraft had been stored in a tan bag, which has now been removed for inspection. Note the foam protective covers on all of the aircraft's edges.