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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.
F-14A, BuNo 159467, seen just days after its arrival for storage in October, 1994.
T-33A, serial 53-5802, as seen in storage during June, 1988.
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, BuNo 135602, as seen during mid-1976, some seven years after her arrival for storage. The fate of this aircraft is unknown to me.
March 1972 shot of U-1A, serial 58-1730. The aircraft would move to the civil registry as N41755 owned by Woods Air Fuel, Inc.
This is U-11A, BuNo 149068, with PCN 4U004 as she appeared in storage during December 1976. She is next to North American T-28C, BuNo 140564. The U-11 survived into 1983 at which point it was provided to Cochise Community College in Douglas, AZ. The Trojan was sold at auction in 1982 to a private owner as N40980.
Douglas A-1E, serial 52-133860, was Navy BuNo 133860 until transferred to the USAF. She is seen in storage during April 1971. The aircraft would be provided to S. Vietnam under MAP in late '71.
Cessna U-3B, serial 60-6060, as she appeared during October 1968, the month after her arrival for storage from Offutt AFB, NE. By July 1983, it would find its way to a private owner as N5515G. On Mar 14, 1985, the aircraft was substantially damaged while landing at Angel Fire, NM, when the pilot touched down 1500 feet short of the runway, causing the nosewheel to collapse.
Convair F-106A, serial 59-0066, as seen during November 1986. By mid-1992 she had been regenerated from storage, converted to QF-106A configuration, and moved to Tyndall AFB, FL. In September 1995 she was shot down by an AIM-120 missile.
This A-model KC-135 flew in from Fairchild AFB, WA, during August 1993, and remained there until scrapped during October 2018. She is pictured during May 1997.
Mid-1995 aerial shot of early F-16s in storage. Serial closest to the camera is 80-0528.
Grumman C-1, BuNo 136763, as seen during April 1986. Note the hawk sitting atop the tail of the aircraft behind her.