[ARC5] More on the "No HF" Myth

[Roy Morgan]

At 02:05 PM 1/25/02 -0500, Todd Bigelow - PS wrote:
>I'm not sure where it is, but I have or have seen a picture of what I think
>is the Arizona desert loaded with B-17s and B-24s waiting to be smelted.

Todd,

The place may be Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, near Phoenix AZ.  The 
purpose of aircraft being sent there, generally, is to store them for 
possible re-activation in the future.  The place is nearly ideal for 
storing things you do not want to degrade, rot, rust, or get damp.

There are some SH-3A aircraft there that I flew while in the Navy in about 
1967.  They are still there, I would guess.

Of course there are likely other places that old aircraft sit in the dry 
hot sun.

Roy
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