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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2005, 11:31:01 PM »
That's the Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard. I happen to be staying at the RV camp about 300 meters from a part of it. Just south and west of the Wilmot gate.
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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2005, 11:47:51 PM »
To see the B-52s cut up and laid out per the Salt II agreements (so the Soviet's could see them from space) was wild to see!  You can see what is left of the F-111 fleet as well as F-14 Tomcats, F-5 Freedom Fighters, A-4 Skyhawks and the list goes on and on!  (if you look real close you will see a lone F-80/T-33 about mid picture just below a bunch of F-14s) I wouldn't be surprised if one of those old Hueys lined up there I flew back in the '70s and '80s!

Thanks for the post g00b! I really enjoyed zooming down and looking at those planes at Davis-Monthan.

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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2005, 11:51:32 PM »
Tomcats... RIP :cry
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2005, 12:56:02 AM »
There a special trick to view this?
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2005, 01:06:25 AM »
You must download Google Earth.

http://earth.google.com

Then click on my previous link.

g00b

PS

Make sure you have the "community" layer enabled. Quite a few of the planes are labeled.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2005, 11:24:10 AM »
saw a documentary on history channel i believe..."boneyard"....sad to see alot of memories being scrapped like that...also said they were retrofitting the f-4's as drone's for air to air missle practice...:cry

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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2005, 08:27:15 PM »
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Originally posted by g00b
You must download Google Earth.

http://earth.google.com

Then click on my previous link.

g00b

PS

Make sure you have the "community" layer enabled. Quite a few of the planes are labeled.



Thanks goob
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