Random PICTURE of the day thread *KEEP IT WORK SAFE*

[Ratt]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.162971,-110.840899&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=15

Because most people don't have a monitor with the resolution mine has.

[CJ]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.16...num=1&t=h&z=15

Because most people don't have a monitor with the resolution mine has.

holy shit I thought it was in the middle of nowhere in the desert!

[Ratt]

holy shit I thought it was in the middle of nowhere in the desert!

There may be another, but that one I posted is fucking huge. I'll take one of each, especially the A-10 and the F-15 and the F-18

[Frank]

I saw a show about it once that said the planes come there and are mothballed that they might be returned to service in an emergency. I don't know if it applies to all of them or not.

[Ratt]

I saw a show about it once that said the planes come there and are mothballed that they might be returned to service in an emergency. I don't know if it applies to all of them or not.

it would take hours and hours to launch all the planes there. it would be fun to sit and watch if they ever put even a fraction of that fleet back in service.

[71chevellejohn]

You had one job...

[71chevellejohn]

[Sgt Beavis]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.16...num=1&t=h&z=15

Because most people don't have a monitor with the resolution mine has.

Very neat.. I noticed they had some B-1B Lancers there too. If you zoom in you'll see 11 of them. But if you zoom out a frame, the picture changes to 15 B-1s..

edit: upon further review. It looks like they moved those four extras a mile north east of their original position. You could get some real intelligence from this if you know the purpose of each location on that map. Some areas could be used to prep an aircraft for storage while others could be used for prepping to return to service.. Just kinda interesting..

[Ratt]

Very neat.. I noticed they had some B-1B Lancers there too. If you zoom in you'll see 11 of them. But if you zoom out a frame, the picture changes to 15 B-1s..

edit: upon further review. It looks like they moved those four extras a mile north east of their original position. You could get some real intelligence from this if you know the purpose of each location on that map. Some areas could be used to prep an aircraft for storage while others could be used for prepping to return to service.. Just kinda interesting..

I noticed that as well. I spent a good 10 minutes trying to figure out if Google was dicking with me or if they actually moved them, lol.

[Sgt Beavis]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.162971,-110.840899&hl=en&ll=32.140236,-110.869672&spn=0.000687,0.000799&num=1&t=h&z=21

NASA's Super Guppy..

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.162971,-110.840899&hl=en&ll=32.138109,-110.868501&spn=0.000687,0.000799&num=1&t=h&z=21

A Beech Starship.. kinda rare these days.

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[Ratt]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.162971,-110.840899&hl=en&ll=32.138109,-110.868501&spn=0.000687,0.000799&num=1&t=h&z=21

A Beech Starship.. kinda rare these days.

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I saw one of those flying over GBT about a month or so ago. Or at least something incredibly like it.

[Strychnine]

Some of you prob know this already, but...

Look at Harrison's third pic. You can see some of those 52s cut into pieces. That was done to comply with the START treaty after the fall of the Soviet Union. Hundreds of them were rendered useless and left in the open for Russian satellites to verify and for Russian inspectors to see on the ground.




Not cool.


but the cool part...

they were cut up with a 13,000 lb guillotine.

(yes, this is a B24, but same idea)

http://www.boeingsuppliers.com/environmental/TechNotes/TechNotes1999-05.pdf

AMARC has recently (within the last three and one half years) planned, managed and supervised the elimination of 352 B-52 bombers in compliance with the conditions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). This was accomplished by using a 13,000 pound guillotine blade and Linkbelt crane with slip clutch that allows the guillotine blade to freefall,thereby severing the fuselage and wings into manageable sections for recyclers. Russian representatives have visited AMARC to confirm the elimination process

[Ratt]

That's awesome.

[Chas_svo]

holy shit I thought it was in the middle of nowhere in the desert!

I've been to the edge, but the entrance was closing. The guy that was closing it was going to lunch with my uncle and me. Very interesting place.

On getting any of the planes back in service, I know the B52s that are there are beyond serviceable by description. The tears where the wings attach are generally 9-16 inches before the AF gives them up, strips them down, and flies them there by flying around any populated area. I know of one that left from Bangor Maine that was not what most would consider safe to fly.

They do make interesting satellite pics for sure.

[Sgt Beavis]

Some of you prob know this already, but...

Look at Harrison's third pic. You can see some of those 52s cut into pieces. That was done to comply with the START treaty after the fall of the Soviet Union. The nuclear capable models were rendered useless and put on display for Russian satellites to verify.

I'm not sure the ones in his picture were destroyed but dismantled. Look at the closeup from this map.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.162971,-110.840899&hl=en&ll=32.150142,-110.823178&spn=0.001373,0.001597&num=1&t=h&z=20

These have been dismantled but not destroyed. They wouldn't have preservative wrapping on them otherwise. The difference here is that the START treaty required them to be destroyed so they couldn't be reassembled as shown in the picture you posted here...