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To: elcid1970
IIRC, the B-52s were being chopped as part of an arms limitation treaty with the Soviets, and they monitored the process with their satellites.

Yes. IIRC, there were four cuts made. Each wing at the fuselage, one aft of the cockpit in front of the wings, and one in front of the tail. The wing tips were then moved in toward the fuselage with a bulldozer so that the Soviet satellites could quickly verify that they were looking at demilitarized aircraft vs. intact aircraft. I think it was the SALT II treaty that called for this destruction.

As a side note, when I was there from 1991-1994, they had an (I think) Apache helicopter there that was slated to go to the Shah of Iran. Delivery was set for just after the revolution, and subsequently never took place. It's been sitting at the Boneyard since the 70s.

54 posted on 02/19/2015 10:25:44 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

The Shah’s helicopter was probably an AH-1 Cobra.

I first saw a prototype Apache in Germany in 1982 & we got Blackhawks the following year. But we had improved AH-1s (flat glass canopy) while I was there.

Then there was Saddam’s Mi-24 with the golden eagle paint scheme.


56 posted on 02/19/2015 10:47:42 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I: am a radicalized infidel.")
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