Base Davis-Montain, aircraft storage h. 3

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I was the very first to hit the bus and took a seat on the right side of the traffic. It’s pointless to sit in front of this bus, because its half of the windshield was closed to the sun.



And here we are again in the territory of the base from the side of storage and recovery. We are met by huge fat herds of C-130



next to A-8



How do you like that amount? where would our An-12 be seen in such quantities?



closer.



behind the parking lot are the F-16 rows that we have already seen



a bit of a variety of F-4



only one



there are a number of museum



there are also exotic specimens



This is the MC-130E Combat Talon, a special purpose transport aircraft developed by Lockheed based on the C-130 Hercules multi-purpose transport aircraft.



here it is



everything is standard here



I could not tear myself away from these fields



like KC-135



USN LC-130F 159130 previously served in VXE-6 has not yet got here 8 March 1999. Option C-130 equipped with skis.



again P-3, so far without any raisins



among them there was a lonely C-135



P-3 is larger



Photo 22.



ready to serve



lonely C-9 in a row C-130



screws, wings



went serious technique: B-52



closer



other



newly ranks P-3



and we are driving past the rows of B-52



occupy a lot of space



Helicopters: SH-60F Ocean Hawk - deck antisubmarine helicopter for carrying out operations to cover aircraft carriers within 50 radius of km; designed to replace the helicopters Sikorsky S-61 Sea King.



there is even a sign, but who reads it, if they don't let us out of the bus?



UH-60L series UH-60A option, equipped with T700-210C engines; The US military ordered 190 helicopters of this modification, which was based on UH-60A helicopters.



that's how many



view entirely



Lockheed S-3 Viking



Whew, we would have one ...



their tails



rows C-27, but in a different place



away T-2C



tails S-3



and here they are



C-130 again



Photo 46.



Photo 47.



S-3 with various emblems



away A-6



muzzle S-3



a number of different modifications of the C-12 Huron - American twin-engine turboprop tactical military transport aircraft, developed on the basis of passenger aircraft Beechcraft Super King Air and Beechcraft 1900.



Larger RC-12F version of the UC-12F for US Navy with surface search radar installed.



more UC-12B UC-12B version for US Navy / US Marine Corps with an additional cargo door. Built on the basis of King Air A200C.



here are their slim and not very ranks



and more



A-6 again



for T-34 located A-10



and here they are in all their glory



and everything is whole



learn the pilots, I do not want ...



Photo 61.



still rows



collected in a bunch of F-16



rows of F-4, and where are the rows of his contemporaries of our production?



rows A-7



and that they so aside?



larger, near the T-39, you can buy it in flying condition in the US for 60 thousand. By the way, Bob Hoover flew that way. And there is a similar on Severka.



what are they waiting for?



Photo 69.



CH-46 and even with screws



KC 135



whether they are being prepared for conservation, or they will be decommissioned



Photo 73.



maintenance posts, full-fledged hangars are expensive to build, and there is little rain and no snow either. Here the sand blows sometimes.



Photo 75.



sink with F-18



C-5 away



Photo 78.



serious work is going on in the hangar



flying borta?



even a ladder at the plane



here to you and Boeing-737-100



right there C-21 they are also Learjet Model 35



military business aviation.



Well, next time more on that side
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  1. +4
    19 December 2014 07: 53
    Eh ... how are our BHVTs doing in the current conditions ......
  2. +4
    19 December 2014 09: 48
    In case of war (God forbid), I think a couple of missiles will fly here ...
  3. +7
    19 December 2014 10: 09
    That's all, just one tablet is enough !!!! laughing
  4. +19
    19 December 2014 10: 15
    The order is based, everything is neatly, neatly, systemically, it's nice to see
  5. PAM
    +3
    19 December 2014 10: 15
    it even became interesting how much we have mothballed aircraft and in what condition it is. Periodically, information appears on some units (for example, the urgent delivery to Iraq of canned Su-25s), and what, where and how not.
    1. Karimbaev
      +8
      19 December 2014 10: 30
      Iraq Su-25 delivered from the Russian Air Force, a little repaired, pre-sale training held
    2. +11
      19 December 2014 14: 05
      Quote: PAM
      it even became interesting how much we have mothballed aircraft and in what condition it is.


      Our planes from "storage" usually do not return. Stored without proper protection and under the open sky, as a rule, after a couple of years they turn into scrap metal. The photo shows the MiG-27 being cut into metal after "storage".
      1. +3
        19 December 2014 19: 49
        Well, in the photo, American planes in the desert where there is no humidity and it rains rarely there conditions are more comfortable storage
      2. 0
        19 December 2014 19: 49
        Well, in the photo, American planes in the desert where there is no humidity and it rains rarely there conditions are more comfortable storage
  6. Karimbaev
    +5
    19 December 2014 10: 29
    that’s what you need to learn from the USA, everything is neat and rotting, and if something happens, there are spare parts and airplanes can be raised or sold to other countries. And in the USSR they are robbed right away for storage, as if a country of thieves and morons
    1. +11
      19 December 2014 10: 46
      1. We lost the cold - all storage bases were left unsecured.
      2. We do not have such regions - hot, dry deserts. If they leave the car there, then after 50 years it can be found in almost the same condition.
      1. +3
        19 December 2014 15: 55
        I’ve taken it off my tongue, the climate here does not contribute to the safety of technology, that's for sure, it remains only to build closed hangars!
    2. +3
      19 December 2014 16: 58
      there is one more point. Yes, they have preserved equipment. But technology without man is a pile of expensive (or not so) metal. In the event of war, will they have enough personnel to manage this technique? Will she answer time? It may turn out that they will be knocked down like flies alone. In addition, knowledge of the features of this machine makes the pilot valuable. If they are taught new and given control over the old, will they cope? And finally, the morale of the army itself.
      But if you leave these questions unanswered and concentrate on the technique itself - yes, then they give a head start and there is something to learn. And it’s not even the climate, but the organization. I don’t know how to deal with this with the RF Armed Forces - God forbid, to be better.
      1. xren
        0
        20 December 2014 04: 08
        Aircraft seem to be consumed faster than pilots.
        In addition, transporters, tankers are not so seriously outdated.
        Yes, and attack aircraft, too.
  7. -11
    19 December 2014 10: 35
    Rabolepskaya article. Especially the comment about the Hawke row - "we would have one." Shame. Not for nothing you dumped in the states. Sit there already. Grovel.
  8. itr
    +6
    19 December 2014 11: 57
    Yes, they already have the most aviation, and with this base I don’t even know what to say
    By the way, airplanes can clearly be used and language doesn’t dare
  9. +7
    19 December 2014 13: 40
    Yeah .... look good! in the event of a protracted war THEY ARE READY enough!
    1. +2
      19 December 2014 13: 46
      Quote: Nitarius
      Yeah .... look good! in the event of a protracted war THEY ARE READY enough!

      And still, the standards on removal from conservation are interesting. This is not to lower the car from the pads.
  10. +4
    19 December 2014 14: 10
    The Pentagon is akin to a commercial organization. There, if anything can be sold, they will sell it. Sometimes they transfer to their allies for free, for temporary use, so to speak. It would be nice to buy something there, whatever it is, but we’re unlikely to be served! Amers have limitations on this issue.
    1. +3
      19 December 2014 17: 32
      Quote: Artyom
      The Pentagon is akin to a commercial organization. ...


      During the 2005 year, specialists from the 309 group processed more than 19.000 parts (which can be reused or sold) for a total value of 568 million US dollars. In addition, the 309-th group is engaged in the repair of aircraft, returning some of them to service. Therefore, each taxpayer dollar invested in AMARG returns 11 dollars to the US Treasury.


      http://masterok.livejournal.com/588740.html
  11. +1
    19 December 2014 18: 04
    A series of films about the Davis-Monten airbase:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNNqnBAMSy8&list=PLbB3KDKKgOMhzzhLCMR1wnksR5oVJB
    Swi


    C-5 Galaxy just disassembled (see the roads in storage):
  12. +3
    19 December 2014 19: 51
    Blow it all up, just in case.
  13. 0
    19 December 2014 20: 39
    Here's an interesting fact to me: why these journalists were invited there, put on a bus and, like weak-willed animals, they were only allowed to take pictures and not get off the bus. in addition, over the photo of the helicopters, the author commented: "we would have one." We have our own author. I wonder how much the Americans paid for this attempt to intimidate Russia. the author must be minus. and the Americans have no fucking pilots for this aircraft cemetery. there are only people who, like the author, will throw in the ordered information. a monkey.
    1. 52
      0
      20 December 2014 11: 55
      Why minus? The enemy needs to be known from all sides, and this article is not at all superfluous.
  14. +2
    19 December 2014 21: 31
    "By the end of 2015, the Estonian Air Force is to replace both old Soviet light transport aircraft-biplane An-2 with two Short C-23 Sherpa light transport aircraft planned to be received from the US Army Aviation. In the near future, seven members of the Estonian Air Force crews of An-2 aircraft will begin retraining for C-23 aircraft. "

    http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1100012.html


    Facebook 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group:
  15. +3
    19 December 2014 22: 06
    Great target - everything is piled up.
  16. 0
    20 December 2014 21: 52
    Some of these aircraft are going to be remade and applied as
    unmanned kamikaze aircraft. Tested the f-4 phantoms for these
    goals. With a load of explosives, it turns into a cruise missile
    with a warhead of high power.
    1. +1
      21 December 2014 10: 34
      Quote: voyaka uh
      Some of these planes are going to be remade and used as unmanned kamikaze aircraft. Experienced F-4 Phantoms for these purposes. With a load of explosives, it turns into a cruise missile with a high-power warhead.


      You are not quite right, more than a hundred F-4 have been converted to QF-4 radio-controlled targets. If necessary, these unmanned vehicles are capable of carrying anti-radar missiles.
      Pictured Drone QF-4
  17. TECHNOLOGY
    +1
    22 December 2014 02: 25
    An excellent excursion ... Author-Respect! Here is such a type of "museum" in the open air.

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