Base Davis-Montain, aircraft storage h. 4
We again pass by the ranks of the military business aviation: C-21 aka Learjet model 35
And we get to the plane of the laser: Yal-1. Cars are crowding around him. Apparently there are some kind of work, and in the shade.
Boeing YAL-1 (ABL, AirBorne Laser) - an experimental combat aircraft, capable of using a powerful onboard laser to destroy various enemy targets. The aircraft was developed based on the Boeing 747-400F. It is an element of the system designed primarily for intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles with a nuclear warhead.
The main advantage over other means is the possibility of destroying the launching missiles in the initial part of the flight path.
The program was closed in 2011 due to a reduction in the military budget. The laser power at the time of the closure of the project was brought to megawatts.
Initially, the total cost of the American program was estimated at 2,5 billion dollars. It was planned to create two prototypes and, after testing, to build 5 aircraft for deployment in two military theaters. In 2006, 3 billion dollars was spent, and the total cost of the project was estimated at 7 – 13 billion dollars. The ABL program has been reduced to showcasing technology. In 2009, the development team, as well as the research manager of the program during the 1987 — 1990 period, Dr. O'Dene Judd, became the laureates of innovative awards.
The main components of the system:
The YAL-1 platform is a modified Boeing 747-400F with a chemical laser installed in the nose.
Laser TILL (Track Illuminator Laser) - designed to detect and track (illuminate) a target, as well as adjust the parameters of the laser optical system with which the target will be destroyed.
Laser BILL (Beacon Illuminator) - used to compensate for atmospheric distortion.
Six-module combat laser HEL. The test was used simulator SHEL (English Surrogate High Energy Laser).
what and where is not clear
and here is a story about its predecessor, a less powerful prototype installed on the KC-135
behind him are planes and helicopters
and even something cosmic
here it is a little bigger
behind the F-4 and C-5 fence
and we are once again looking at our airplane laser
the megawatt laser was supposed to come out of here
nose strut and some sensors
cabin
Photo 17.
general front view
Photo 19.
he stands alone
UH-1 and near H-34
what are the remnants of former luxury
UH-1
F-4 and C-5
against their background Cessna T-37
F-4 series
KC 135
aka KC-135E 56-3643 AACA0143
why are they so washed over aircraft? what is the deep meaning?
it lacks other parts
T-34C, followed by F-4
71-1405 AATH0005 Boeing T-43A (aka Boeing-737) 20687 / 329. T-43 - training aircraft, created by the American company Boeing based on the civilian airliner Boeing Model 737-200 Surveiller. The aircraft is designed for training pilots navigators.
rookery T-38
RB-57F Canberra 63-13302. Engines: two Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 turbofans with 16,000 lbs of thrust each, plus two removable Pratt & Whitney J60-P-9 jet engines with 3,300 lbs of thrust each.
T-38 or F-5
KC-135 again
lonely turbomentor
Photo 38.
move on
how much is all over here?
and in the depths of F-14 or F-15?
still T-38
send F-4
larger
all improvised inventory
Photo 46.
F-4, and away B-1
here they are closer
in different degrees of parse
T-38 on the background of C-5
just like the profiles of the founders of the communist doctrine ...
Photo 52.
how many B-1 are there. Why are they with them?
tails
Is the tank part of the aircraft or some kind of ancillary?
Photo 56.
F-18
Photo 58.
F-18 again
F-4 and C-130
Photo 61.
E-2
they are
C-5, almost as new
Photo 65.
No, that all the same twisted
Photo 67.
C-5 tails
Photo 69.
helicopters CH-53
C-5 in slender ranks
re CH-53
go further CH-46
Photo 74.
Photo 75.
Photo 76.
Photo 77.
behind them are A-10 series
Photo 79.
and then the remains of B-52
Photo 81.
Photo 82.
and so helicopters look from another place
near the warehouse of spare parts and equipment in the open air, here is the frame from the cabin
how many
Photo 86.
Photo 87.
unfold and inspect KC-135
Photo 89.
larger
TF-AYG AACZ0168 Boeing C-137B
KC-135 series
Photo 93.
engines removed
Photo 95.
Photo 96.
P-3 series
there is already some kind of life: bytovka, appliances
E-2 again
fuselage P-3
all kinds of assistive devices
E-2
there is even with engines
F-16
here all at once
series
their fields here too
F-16 and F-5
it does not look very stable
H-3
H-2 and AH-1
Photo 112.
general form
Photo 114.
Photo 115.
AV-8A Harrier vertical take-off aircraft
Turbomentor fuselage
business jet is HU-25A aka Dassault Falcon 20
A-7
there are several of them
Photo 121.
F-16
all shred differently
and we return to the other side and go to the museum
re-parking with cars
Warehouses
assortment for the museum :-)))
traditional F-4 greets us on the road
and now we are moving along the highway towards the museum, trying to understand in this dump behind the fence who is who ....
Albatrosses are visible
remains of P-3
Photo 132.
Photo 133.
the tail of the 42819 Convair C-131D rises
Grumman Albatross again
is it a DC-6?
there is even a small twin-engine worth. How do you hate aviation to gut it?
Photo 138.
what is it? C-123 or C-27?
and there are even cars
Photo 141.
Photo 142.
Now it remains to look at the museum aircraft at the base, which actually show most of the time, and then the airshow at this air base ....
And we get to the plane of the laser: Yal-1. Cars are crowding around him. Apparently there are some kind of work, and in the shade.
Boeing YAL-1 (ABL, AirBorne Laser) - an experimental combat aircraft, capable of using a powerful onboard laser to destroy various enemy targets. The aircraft was developed based on the Boeing 747-400F. It is an element of the system designed primarily for intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles with a nuclear warhead.
The main advantage over other means is the possibility of destroying the launching missiles in the initial part of the flight path.
The program was closed in 2011 due to a reduction in the military budget. The laser power at the time of the closure of the project was brought to megawatts.
Initially, the total cost of the American program was estimated at 2,5 billion dollars. It was planned to create two prototypes and, after testing, to build 5 aircraft for deployment in two military theaters. In 2006, 3 billion dollars was spent, and the total cost of the project was estimated at 7 – 13 billion dollars. The ABL program has been reduced to showcasing technology. In 2009, the development team, as well as the research manager of the program during the 1987 — 1990 period, Dr. O'Dene Judd, became the laureates of innovative awards.
The main components of the system:
The YAL-1 platform is a modified Boeing 747-400F with a chemical laser installed in the nose.
Laser TILL (Track Illuminator Laser) - designed to detect and track (illuminate) a target, as well as adjust the parameters of the laser optical system with which the target will be destroyed.
Laser BILL (Beacon Illuminator) - used to compensate for atmospheric distortion.
Six-module combat laser HEL. The test was used simulator SHEL (English Surrogate High Energy Laser).
what and where is not clear
and here is a story about its predecessor, a less powerful prototype installed on the KC-135
behind him are planes and helicopters
and even something cosmic
here it is a little bigger
behind the F-4 and C-5 fence
and we are once again looking at our airplane laser
the megawatt laser was supposed to come out of here
nose strut and some sensors
cabin
Photo 17.
general front view
Photo 19.
he stands alone
UH-1 and near H-34
what are the remnants of former luxury
UH-1
F-4 and C-5
against their background Cessna T-37
F-4 series
KC 135
aka KC-135E 56-3643 AACA0143
why are they so washed over aircraft? what is the deep meaning?
it lacks other parts
T-34C, followed by F-4
71-1405 AATH0005 Boeing T-43A (aka Boeing-737) 20687 / 329. T-43 - training aircraft, created by the American company Boeing based on the civilian airliner Boeing Model 737-200 Surveiller. The aircraft is designed for training pilots navigators.
rookery T-38
RB-57F Canberra 63-13302. Engines: two Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 turbofans with 16,000 lbs of thrust each, plus two removable Pratt & Whitney J60-P-9 jet engines with 3,300 lbs of thrust each.
T-38 or F-5
KC-135 again
lonely turbomentor
Photo 38.
move on
how much is all over here?
and in the depths of F-14 or F-15?
still T-38
send F-4
larger
all improvised inventory
Photo 46.
F-4, and away B-1
here they are closer
in different degrees of parse
T-38 on the background of C-5
just like the profiles of the founders of the communist doctrine ...
Photo 52.
how many B-1 are there. Why are they with them?
tails
Is the tank part of the aircraft or some kind of ancillary?
Photo 56.
F-18
Photo 58.
F-18 again
F-4 and C-130
Photo 61.
E-2
they are
C-5, almost as new
Photo 65.
No, that all the same twisted
Photo 67.
C-5 tails
Photo 69.
helicopters CH-53
C-5 in slender ranks
re CH-53
go further CH-46
Photo 74.
Photo 75.
Photo 76.
Photo 77.
behind them are A-10 series
Photo 79.
and then the remains of B-52
Photo 81.
Photo 82.
and so helicopters look from another place
near the warehouse of spare parts and equipment in the open air, here is the frame from the cabin
how many
Photo 86.
Photo 87.
unfold and inspect KC-135
Photo 89.
larger
TF-AYG AACZ0168 Boeing C-137B
KC-135 series
Photo 93.
engines removed
Photo 95.
Photo 96.
P-3 series
there is already some kind of life: bytovka, appliances
E-2 again
fuselage P-3
all kinds of assistive devices
E-2
there is even with engines
F-16
here all at once
series
their fields here too
F-16 and F-5
it does not look very stable
H-3
H-2 and AH-1
Photo 112.
general form
Photo 114.
Photo 115.
AV-8A Harrier vertical take-off aircraft
Turbomentor fuselage
business jet is HU-25A aka Dassault Falcon 20
A-7
there are several of them
Photo 121.
F-16
all shred differently
and we return to the other side and go to the museum
re-parking with cars
Warehouses
assortment for the museum :-)))
traditional F-4 greets us on the road
and now we are moving along the highway towards the museum, trying to understand in this dump behind the fence who is who ....
Albatrosses are visible
remains of P-3
Photo 132.
Photo 133.
the tail of the 42819 Convair C-131D rises
Grumman Albatross again
is it a DC-6?
there is even a small twin-engine worth. How do you hate aviation to gut it?
Photo 138.
what is it? C-123 or C-27?
and there are even cars
Photo 141.
Photo 142.
Now it remains to look at the museum aircraft at the base, which actually show most of the time, and then the airshow at this air base ....
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