DEL LAUGHERY

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.

Vought A-7A, BuNo 153162, as seen during May 1981, after four years of storage. Two years later the aircraft would be regenerated, converted to A-7P configuration, and sent to Portugal via FMS.

RF-4C, serial 67-0444, sits on her belly in front of the tail of F-4E, serial 73-1163, during October 1992. 0444 entered storage during March 1992, would be donated to the American Legion in Dumas, TX, in late 1996 and be placed on outdoor display in McDade Park, also in Dumas. 73-1163 was involved in a landing accident in Seminole, OK, caused by fuel starvation. Interestingly, she does not appear to have been inducted into AMARC, despite the presence of her tail there.

TA-4J, BuNo 155081, it's in the Arizona sun during September 1993, about a month after its arrival for storage, where it would remain for the next 27 years.

Vermont ANG B-57C, serial 53-3856, in storage during 1984. When this photo was taken, she'd been in storage for about three years, and would remain there for another eleven before being scrapped at a local salvage yard.