F-32 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 The B-57s are there for NASA fleet support, one them returned to service after over 40 years of storage. All of the Tomcats still there belong to the Museum of the US Navy I believe and they are being stored pending allocation to museums. All of the F-4 Phantoms will be kept until ever friendly nation who still has them decides to retire their fleets (spare parts sources basically). I had a great time at AMARG back in 2012, did an overflight and two bus tours, loads of pics here: http://www.hanger51.org/airfield-visits-1/amarg-davis-monthan/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Hi ,my brother and me had a tour in August 2009 ,when we came to the F -111s the tour guy said they were the type that bombed Gaddafi ,he said haven't heard much of him since,i felt like saying he blew up a Airliner over Scotland in 1988 ,but i didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I'm glad it's not just modellers with hoarding problems. At least ours are scaled down versions!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Some of the Harriers have been processed for spares already. As for the rest,they remain at DM but there were apparently some BAE personnel assembling one earlier in the year for reasosn as yet unknown. I don't expect to see them fly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Can you imagine the trade counter? "'Morning, squire. I need a dozen Hueys, eight F-16s and six Phantoms. Oh, and if there's any decent KC-135s chuck in a couple of those as well. Yeah, it's a rush job. No, no C-130s this time, but a Spartan could be useful, thinking about it. We'll have one of those as well. Deliver to this address by Monday? Cheers mate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 The harriers are all there sitting as they were shipped. On pallets with the wings off tucked down the side. Lets get 'em back sharpish then. We can stick them on QE for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Had forgotten the NASA WB-57s, guess all those B-57s in the picture will keep providind spares for a while. The fact that there are still B-57s flying is another proof of how good the basic Canberra design was. I may have said this before but I gladly say it again, the Canberra has IMHO been the best aircraft to have come out of postwar Britain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Had forgotten the NASA WB-57s, guess all those B-57s in the picture will keep providind spares for a while. The fact that there are still B-57s flying is another proof of how good the basic Canberra design was. I may have said this before but I gladly say it again, the Canberra has IMHO been the best aircraft to have come out of postwar Britain A long with the Hunter ! I wonder how much longer those WB-57's will be flying ? didn't a couple come through Milldenhall on there return to the States not so long ago ? Guy Edited November 27, 2015 by F4u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Neu- Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 A long with the Hunter ! I wonder how much longer those WB-57's will be flying ? didn't a couple come through Milldenhall on there return to the States not so long ago ? Guy Probably quite a while yet. WB-57s bring a lot of payload to 80,000ft. The only thing that comes close is RQ-4 Global Hawk, and I doubt it has the carrying capacity (though it has greater persistence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 It makes you wonder at what point do a bunch of out-dated, time ravaged airframes from the 60s & 70s on which most if not all of the flight & maintenance skillset has retired or died becomes a bit of a white elephant that is just taking up space (of which AZ has lots). It also makes you realise where all the money goes. This is the only part of the USAF that makes any money. I saw quoted that every dollar spent here gets a return of $25 and that was back in the 80's. The F-4s are kept as some nations still fly them and they are a parts source. As has been pointed out a B-52 is currently being returned to service to replace a fire damaged one. South Korea is to get some returned to service S-3s to counter the North Korean sub threat. Also less well known is the return to service of ex military assists to civilian use. Mainly it must be said helicopters such as Cobra Gunships being used by the Forrestry Serivce for fire spotting. P-3s have gone to the Coast Gupaurd and Other depts. The Canberras support the ones still flying. Also they purchased just about every retired 707 airframe to keep the KC-135s flying. They also store some aircraft out there for the USAF museum. Lastly don't forget that's where we got our F-4J(UK)s from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptormodeller Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Is everything at AMARG 'for sale'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Is everything at AMARG 'for sale'?? Well it's not like you could walk up with a shopping cart (or fly in on your An-225 if you are buying in bulk) and walk around with your chequebook picking stuff out. But, if you're a friendly allied country I'd guess a lot of things could be for sale. But, there are also aircraft that I'm sure are off-limits to just about every one: I can't see the US selling any B-52s or B-1B's because they still need the spare parts, though maybe they would if the UK wanted to get back into the strategic bomber business. Obviously, they won't sell any F-14's or F-14 parts to keep them out of Iran's hands. The won't sell any U-2's and I think all the SR-71's are in museums so those are out. Most of the surviving F-117A's still exist in storage, but I think these are at Nellis AFB and definitely would not be for sale. What did you want???? Edited December 6, 2015 by VMA131Marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjiml2 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 A nice (and apparently current) list of the inventory is here: http://www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205&Itemid=274 Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 A nice (and apparently current) list of the inventory is here: http://www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205&Itemid=274 Jim There are some astounding numbers on that list: 107 B-52's 171 KC-135's of different flavours 47 Harrier GR.9's if the RAF wants them back 125 TA-4J's 137 A-10's 497 F-16's (mostly A's and C's) 96 A-6E's (I'm not sure why these are being kept around) 52 Lockheed C-5A's 168 F-15's 248 F-4 Phantoms I note that the Convair XC-99 is there as well. It was originally moved to Wright-Patterson to go on display at the USAF Museum. But there was no money to restore it and nowhere to keep it where it wouldn't be exposed to the elements and deteriorate further, so it was shipped to AMARG until resources are available to put it back together again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magwitch Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Is everything at AMARG 'for sale'?? Aircraft are assigned on of four categories and treated accordingly: 1000 - do not touch 2000 - component reclamation 3000 - can be returned to flight 4000 - disposal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The F-4s are being kept for spares, as are the KC-135s. Suspect there is some of that with the F-16s, though you will be seeing QF-16s soon. Suspect the A-10s are there for spares as well. Though if thet have a spare we can find a home for it at The Bentwaters Cold War Museum (if anyone from the USAF is reading this!). Not sure why they are keeping the A-6s though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Right, pull a C-5 off the line, and load 1x A-10, 1x F-4C/D, 1x F-16 and head East. Pick up an F-101 single seater en route and head this way, I'll send co-ordinates when it's on it's way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 As the last EA-6B flight was only a few months ago, I'd expect the Intruders were there to supply spares for the Prowler fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Aren't the Marines still using the Prowler? I know it's on borrowed time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Aren't the Marines still using the Prowler? I know it's on borrowed time. You're right, I had forgotten about the USMC ones. They will not be retired until 2019, still a few years from now and I guess that any suitable Intruder spare part will be useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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