DEL LAUGHERY

G-Model B-52, serial 57-6476, as she appeared during May 2009.

August 2017 photo of B-52G remnants sitting in the Arizona sun to be photographically verified by Russian satellites in accordance with the START II treaty.

March 1976 photo of recently arrived F-8J, BuNo 150674, which last served with VF-194. She would be given PCN 2F386, see six years of storage, then head over to Canon AFB, NM, and serve as a range target.

A-10C, serial 80-0197, in storage during January 2017.

F-100D, serial 56-3239, as seen in storage during October 1976. 3239 was a Bullpup missile-capable aircraft, one of 65 modified to allow the pilot to optically guide the missile to its target after being fired from a specialized pylon attached to the inboard station. She arrived for storage during December 1975 and would be written off in an AIM-9P shootdown, in 1985, after conversion to QF configuration.

A-10A, serial 79-0224, as seen during January 2017. This well-reclaimed airframe had been in storage since January 1992, last serving with the 10th TFW out of RAF Alconbury, UK. She remains in area 27 as of the date of this post.

T-2C, BuNo 159719, in storage during 2009. She would remain so into 2023, at which point the aircraft would be scrapped.

HMMT-164 CH-46E, BuNo 155306, as seen in storage during July 2018.

HMMT-164 CH-46E, BuNo 155306, as seen in storage during July 2018.

Early-morning photo of F/A-18C, BuNo 164227, about a month after her arrival for storage.

Bell UH-1H, serial 74-22420, arrived for storage during 2013 and remains so as of the date of this post, albeit minus some important pieces.

Sikorsky UH-3H, BuNo 156506, from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 2 (HC-2) as seen in storage during 2009. She had arrived approximately four years before this photo and would return to service about a year later with the U.S. State Dept.