Gate Guards - Static Displays
10-13-2011 | 06:19 AM
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The actual A-10 that shot down the Iraqi helo is on a stick at the AF Academy.
10-13-2011 | 07:17 AM
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Hurlburt has an impressive Air Park - granted, all the planes have ties to SOF/Air Commandos, but they run the gamut...O-1, O-2, Helio-Courier, OV-10, T-28, A-37, UH-1, AC-130A, AC-119K, AC-47, MC-130E, MH-53M, C-46, A-26, A-1E, C-123, B-25, and maybe a couple others.
There's also the Eglin Air Armament Museum - outside are statics of dozens of planes.
I also remember that Dyess had a pretty impressive gate guard display. Nellis has a few on a stick near the Red Flag building - and their intel "petting zoo" is interesting. RAF Lakenheath has Spitfire, P51, F111, & F15 if I recall correctly...all on sticks.
Pope used to have a few, but I haven't been there for years...not sure what's there now.
There's also the Eglin Air Armament Museum - outside are statics of dozens of planes.
I also remember that Dyess had a pretty impressive gate guard display. Nellis has a few on a stick near the Red Flag building - and their intel "petting zoo" is interesting. RAF Lakenheath has Spitfire, P51, F111, & F15 if I recall correctly...all on sticks.
Pope used to have a few, but I haven't been there for years...not sure what's there now.
10-13-2011 | 08:22 AM
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Had one of those in front of the chow hall @ NAS Memphis. Appears that it's still there.
10-14-2011 | 08:43 PM
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Burke Lakefront (BKL) in Cleveland, Ohio has a pair of Phantoms, one painted in AF Thunderbird colors, the other as a Navy Blue Angel... I remember seeing both teams flying the F4's as a kid....
First time I saw an aircraft that I flew (actual tail number!) on a static display, I chuckled... Pig on a stick.
First time I saw an aircraft that I flew (actual tail number!) on a static display, I chuckled... Pig on a stick.
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