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Older Photos (Pre-2000)
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RA-5C, BuNo 146701, as seen during March 1973.
F-16A, serial 80-0575, seen during late January 1997, about a month after her arrive for storage.
RF-8G, BuNo 145627, seen at MASDC in 1971, years before she would depart back to Vought for an upgraded version of the J57, new wiring, and the addition of some electronic countermeasure equipment. She'd be back for a second period of storage in 1982 and ultimately be scrapped in 2002.
This is C-47B, serial 43-48859, as seen in storage during February 1977. After her USAAF/USAF service, the aircraft served with the French and South Vietnamese before her arrival at MASDC in 1968.
B-52G, serial 58-0244, in storage during November 1993, before being cut up to satisfy the requirements of START 1.
Cessna A-37A, serial 67-14516, in storage during July 1973. The aircraft would only survive approximately five additional years before catching the eye of the scrappers.
Late 1996 photo of Grumman A-6E, BuNo 155623, not long after her arrival for storage. She left in late 2015 to an unknown destination.
A-10A, serial 77-0268, as seen during November 1994. The aircraft would remain in storage until January 2016, at which point it was scrapped.
Line-up of Delta Dart tails led by F-106B, serial 57-2508, as seen during September 1989.
F-86H, serial 53-1251, from the 198th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Puerto Rico ANG seen in storage during July 1968. By the time this photo was taken, she had been in storage for just over four years, and would remain so through August 1974 at which point she would be provided to NAS China Lake and converted to QF-86H configuration by Northrop-Grumman.
T-34C, BuNo 161844, as she was seen in temporary storage during November 1994. This was one of six Mentors, placed on loan from the Navy, serving at Edwards AFB, CA, in the role of test platform and chase aircraft. She would return to service with TAW-5 in March 1998.
Connecticut ANG F-102A, serial 56-1041, in storage during August 1970. The aircraft would remain here until June 1975 at which point she was provided to the New Mexico Institute of Technology and Mining.