DEL LAUGHERY

AH-1G, serial 68-15134 with PCN 7H014, in storage during November 1975. This aircraft was acquired by the USMC under an Army contract, retaining the Army serial, and given an administrative BuNo of 157219. It would return to service in 1977 with HMA-773, return to storage in late '78, eventually be upgraded to AH-1S configuration and return to service with the Army, seeing another period of storage starting in early 1981. Afterwards it was sent to Israel as a parts queen.

Grumman S-2D, BuNo 147877, seen at MASDC in June 1968 with no signs of preservation, but PCN 1S067 stenciled on the left side of the aircraft. In fact, it appears that two previous PCN application attempts were made, with one completely blacked out, and another (also 1S067) struck with two parallel lines.

A-7A, BuNo 152677, as seen in storage during June 1978. References indicate conflicting things about her from this point forward, but she would eventually be used as a range target in NM.

B-52D, serial 55-0678, seen during November 1978, just one month after its arrival for storage. She would survive into the mid-90s (April 1994) and suffer the indignity of scrapping on site.

TB-58A, serial 55-0670, sits in storage without engines or even the pilot's hatch/canopy. Behind her is B-58A, serial 61-2077. Photo from May 1973.

NC-121K, BuNo 145925, a VXN-8 aircraft in storage during May 1974, about 1.5 years after her arrival. She was a Project Magnet aircraft, used to gather data over the ocean areas for charts showing magnetic intensities and variations, and would remain stored until September 1976, at which point she was scrapped by an outside yard.

HU-16B, serial 51-0065, as seen during November 1976. By May of 1978, she would be sold to the Mexican Navy.

Idaho ANG RF-4C, serial 67-0453, waits for the MASDC staff to prepare her for storage during this late 1991 photo. The aircraft would remain in storage until 2008, at which point it would be regenerated and converted to QRF-4C configuration. She would be shot down during August 2012, fulfilling her duties as an aerial target.

...four HU-16Es. Closest to the camera is serial 7250 from Corpus Christi, TX. To its right is 1313 from Barbers Point. I can't read the serials on aircraft three and four, but they're from Sangley Point, PI, and San Juan, PR, respectively.

Here's a photo from May 1997 with a lot going on in it.

February 1995 photo of T-38A, serial 63-8218, still waiting for preservation five months after her September 1994 arrival. The aircraft would remain here until September 1998, at which point it would be provided to South Korea via FMS.

October 1994 photo of a portion of the 28 Pakistani F-16A/Bs embargoed and held at MASDC until their eventual use by USN and USAF as aggressor aircraft in the 2000s.