DEL LAUGHERY

EA-7L, BuNo 156757, waits on the AMARC staff to perform their protective storage magic during this November 1991 photo taken about two months after her arrival there. The aircraft would survive through May 2018, at which point it was scrapped by a local yard.

C/D/E/F-model (I'm assuming, since I cannot read any serials) B-52s sit in high-density rows during November 1992.

CC tail-coded 523rd Fighter Squadron F-111D, serial 68-0137, sits in storage during October 1995. She would survive into 2012, at which point the scrapper would take its toll.

US-2C, BuNo 133359, as she appeared in storage during November 1976.

Five C-141 tails are visible in this May 1997 photo. Furthest-to-nearest from the camera are 65-02XX (Travis), 64-0634 (McChord), 63-8090 (Altus), 64-0651 (Altus), and 66-0145 (McChord, though unmarked).

September 1989 photo of Arkansas ANG 184th TFS F-4C, serial 63-7542, in storage at AMARC. Behind her, and left, is F-4C, serial 63-7543, while further back on the right is Idaho ANG RF-4C, serial 68-0596.

Douglas C-124C, serial 53-0049, sits without engines resting on her tail during April 1976.

AV-8C, BuNo 158705, as she appeared during September 1989.

Boeing QB-47E (converted RB-47E) in safe-keeping at MASDC during October 1968, just two months after her arrival for a second period of storage. She'd be declared excess in early 1970 and scrapped soon thereafter.

Lockheed S-3A Viking, BuNo 158869, as she appeared during April 1980 following approximately two years of storage. She would return to service in 1984, remaining active into 1992, then be sent back to the boneyard for eventual scrapping in 2009.

Boeing KC-97L, serial 52-0883, at rest during November 1979. It would eventually find its way to the civil registry as N39178 under new owner Stratolift Inc. It flew for a time out of Ted Stevens Airport in Anchorage, AK, as a heavy cargo carrier before being parked and broken up in the mid-90s.

The period following the end of the Vietnam War saw a great many aircraft stored at MASDC. Here, a lineup of A-37A Dragonflies are visible during November 1975.