What is the purpose? Who is afraid of what?
Can’t say for sure, but it has been USAF policy since WWII. Look what happened to the Flying Wing Bombers; not even one saved for the museum.
Maybe they are afraid someone might “re-militerize” the old warbirds and strafe the Pentagon. s/
I think the air museum (CAF? Other?) at Scholes Field in Galveston might have struck a nerve, 20 years ago, when they acquired a B-58 Hustler. I saw it there in disassembly in the 90's, when my helo trips offshore occasionally stopped off for fuel at Scholes.
Re Re-militarize.Thanks for an intlligent response I will pray for the others who responded to my query. When I first saw that proposal I thought that’s what this is about. It makes no sence. I used to attend the EAA shw in Oshgost WI and their re-enactments of WWII is a valid historical review particularly to the younger generations who have no idea of what peo[ple experienced during that time.