4 Apr 20, 12:47 PM
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jul 19
Location: Wessex
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Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy
Re the dismantling of the B52s, they were chopped with a huge guilotine. If you google earth the boneyard, you will see them on the ground with their wings alongside.
This was part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), agreed by R Reagan and M Gorbachev. The Russians can thus see by satellite that the aircraft are beyond use.
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CFB,
I did a JPR Exercise that was based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, a few years and we snagged a tour of the boneyard... it’s impressive (they had more Hercs in there than the crabs have ! )
Your trip looks amazing !
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